Bug#863388: live-boot: Added new functionality to live-boot: rootcopy, modularized filesystems, package installer

[Mert Dirik <mertdirik@gmail.com>]

On 05/26/2017 07:04 AM, Bill Prochazka wrote:

> 1. rootcopy:  This allows for one or more folders on the boot medium that
> contain a folder structure relative to /.  before init, these files are copied
> to the rootfs.  This feature allows users to make small changes to their
> environment (like wallpaper changes or dekstop icons) without needing to
> remaster or have a persistent volume.
>
> 2. modularized filesystems: This allows for the use of a file, *.module, that
> contains newlibe seperated squashfs filenames to be loaded in order.  This is a
> change from the default behavior of coping all squashfs files and mounting them
> in alphabetical order.


What does those two points help to accomplish that cannot be done with 
the existing "module=..." argument?

>        module=NAME
>            Instead of using the default optional file "filesystem.module" (see below) another file could be specified without the extension ".module"; it should be
>            placed on "/live" directory of the live medium.

Using this argument you can create overlay directory hierarchies and/or 
squashfs images and mount them in an arbitrary order.