I did some investigation and this script is reponsible for booting the live system that porteus is. #!/bin/sh ### linuxc script by fanthom <http://www.porteus.org> export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:./ # Enable pivot_root in initramfs to let it behave like initrd: if [ -d /m ]; then mount -nt tmpfs tmpfs -o mode=0755 /m cp -a ??* /m 2>/dev/null exec switch_root /m linuxrc "$@" fi mount -nt proc proc /proc mount -nt sysfs sysfs /sys echo 0 >/proc/sys/kernel/printk clear echo "[1m""Starting init script <http://www.porteus.org/>""[0m" # Functions: param() { egrep -qo " $1( |\$)" /proc/cmdline; } value() { egrep -o " $1=[^ ]+" /proc/cmdline | cut -d= -f2; } debug() { param debug && { echo -e "\n=====\n: Debugging started. Here is the shell for you.\n: Type your desired commands, hit Ctrl+D to continue booting\n: or press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot."; sh; echo -e "\n\n"; }; } # Variables: i=`echo "[1;33m""^ ""[0m"` m=`echo "[1;33m""->""[0m"` arch=`uname -m`; [ $arch = x86_64 ] || arch=i486 DELAY=`value delay`; [ $DELAY ] && { echo $i"delaying $DELAY sec (waiting for slow devices to settle up)"; sleep $DELAY; } SGN=`value sgnfile`; [ $SGN ] || SGN=porteus-v3.0-$arch.sgn FROM=`value from`; ISO=`echo $FROM | egrep ".*\.iso( |\$)"` IP=`value ip | cut -d: -f2` MOPT=`value mopt`; [ $MOPT ] || MOPT="noatime,nodiratime,suid,dev,exec,async" CHANGES=`value changes` RAMSIZE=`value ramsize`; [ $RAMSIZE ] || RAMSIZE=60% LOAD=`value load | sed 's/;/|/g'`; [ $LOAD ] || LOAD=._null NOLOAD=`value noload | sed 's/;/|/g'`; [ $NOLOAD ] || NOLOAD=._null EXTRAMOD=`value extramod | sed 's/;/ /g'` RAMMOD=`value rammod | sed 's/;/|/g'` ROOTCOPY=`value rootcopy` FOLDER=porteus livedbg=/var/log/livedbg # Device Functions: fstab() { rm -f /tmp/devices param nocd || for x in /dev/sr*; do blkid $x >>/tmp/devices; done param nohd || blkid | egrep -v '/dev/sr|/dev/loop|/dev/mapper' >>/tmp/devices dev=`egrep -v 'TYPE="sw|TYPE="LVM|TYPE=".*_raid_member"' /tmp/devices 2>/dev/null | cut -d: -f1 | cut -d/ -f3 | sort | uniq` cat > /etc/fstab << EOF # Do not edit this file as fstab is recreated automatically during every boot. # Please use /etc/rc.d/rc.local or sysvinit scripts if you want to mount/unmount # drive, filesystem or network share. # System mounts: aufs / aufs defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 devtmpfs /dev devtmpfs defaults 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 # Device partitions: EOF for x in $dev; do fs=`grep -w /dev/$x /tmp/devices | egrep -o ' TYPE=[^ ]+' | cut -d'"' -f2` [ $fs = vfat ] && echo "/dev/$x /mnt/$x vfat $MOPT,umask=0,check=s,utf8 0 0" >>/etc/fstab || echo "/dev/$x /mnt/$x $fs $MOPT 0 0" >>/etc/fstab if [ ! -d /mnt/$x ]; then mkdir /mnt/$x if [ $fs = ntfs ]; then ntfs-3g /dev/$x /mnt/$x -o $MOPT 2>/dev/null || { sed -i "/$x /d" /etc/fstab; rmdir /mnt/$x; } else mount -n /mnt/$x 2>/dev/null || { modprobe $fs 2>/dev/null && mount -n /mnt/$x 2>/dev/null || { sed -i "/$x /d" /etc/fstab; rmdir /mnt/$x; }; } fi fi done if [ -z "`egrep -o " noswap( |\$)" /proc/cmdline`" -a -e /tmp/devices ]; then echo -e "\n# Swap partitions:" >>/etc/fstab for x in `grep 'TYPE="swap"' /tmp/devices | cut -d: -f1`; do echo "$x none swap sw,pri=1 0 0" >>/etc/fstab; done fi } mount_device() { fs=`blkid /dev/$1 | egrep -o ' TYPE=[^ ]+' | cut -d'"' -f2` if [ "$fs" ]; then mkdir /mnt/$1 if [ $fs = vfat ]; then mount -n /dev/$1 /mnt/$1 -o $MOPT,umask=0,check=s,utf8 2>/dev/null || rmdir /mnt/$1 elif [ $fs = ntfs ]; then ntfs-3g /dev/$1 /mnt/$1 -o $MOPT 2>/dev/null || rmdir /mnt/$1 else mount -n /dev/$1 /mnt/$1 -o $MOPT 2>/dev/null || { modprobe $fs 2>/dev/null && mount -n /dev/$1 /mnt/$1 -o $MOPT || rmdir /mnt/$1; } fi fi } # Search functions: search() { FND=none; for x in `ls /mnt`; do [ $1 /mnt/$x/$2 ] && { DEV=$x; FND=y; break; }; done [ $FND = y ]; } lazy() { SLEEP=6; while [ $SLEEP -gt 0 -a $FND = none ]; do nap; let SLEEP=SLEEP-1; fstab; search $*; done } locate() { LPATH=`echo $2 | cut -b-5 | sed s@/dev@/mnt@` if [ $LPATH = /mnt/ ]; then DEV=`echo $2 | cut -d/ -f3`; LPTH=`echo $2 | cut -d/ -f4-`; SLEEP=6 while [ $SLEEP -gt 0 -a ! -b /dev/$DEV ]; do nap; let SLEEP=SLEEP-1; fstab; done [ -d /mnt/$DEV ] || mount_device $DEV [ $1 /mnt/$DEV/$LPTH ] elif [ $LPATH = UUID: -o $LPATH = LABEL ]; then ID=`echo $2 | cut -d: -f2 | cut -d/ -f1`; LPTH=`echo $2 | cut -d/ -f2-`; DEV=`blkid | grep $ID | cut -d: -f1 | cut -d/ -f3`; SLEEP=6 while [ $SLEEP -gt 0 -a "$DEV" = "" ]; do nap; let SLEEP=SLEEP-1; fstab; DEV=`blkid | grep $ID | cut -d: -f1 | cut -d/ -f3`; done [ -d /mnt/$DEV ] || mount_device $DEV [ $1 /mnt/$DEV/$LPTH ] else LPTH=$2; search $* || lazy $* fi } # Other functions: nap() { echo -en $i"device not ready yet? delaying [1;33m$SLEEP[0m seconds \r"; sleep 1; } fail() { echo -e $i"couldn't find $1. Correct your cheatcodes if needed.\n Press 'enter' to continue booting."; read -s; } fail_chn() { mount -nt tmpfs -o size=$RAMSIZE tmpfs /memory/changes; CHANGES=memory; CHNDEV=memory; } draw() { echo "[1;33m""---------------------------------------------------------""[0m"; } fsck_dat() { echo $i"checking $1 for errors" fs=`blkid $1 | egrep -o ' TYPE=[^ ]+' | cut -b8-10` if [ $fs = xfs ]; then echo $i"detected xfs - performing fsck at mount time" elif [ $fs = ext ]; then draw; e2fsck -C 0 -p $1; wait; draw elif [ $fs = rei ]; then draw; reiserfsck -p $1; wait; draw else echo $i"detected unsupported fs - skipping fsck" fi } cpmod() { NUM=`grep -c '.' $1` for x in `cat $1`; do echo -en "[1;33m"" ($NUM modules left) \r""[0m"; let NUM=NUM-1; NAME=`basename $x` cp $x /memory/copy2ram 2>/dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then sed -i s@^.*/$NAME@/memory/copy2ram/$NAME@ /tmp/modules else rm /memory/copy2ram/$NAME; echo -e $i"[1;36m""Not enough memory to copy $NAME""[0m"; echo -e $i"[1;36m""Other modules will be skipped.""[0m" find /memory/copy2ram -name "*.xzm" | sort >/tmp/modules break fi done echo -en " \r"; } ## Let's start! mount -nt devtmpfs none /dev # Perform filesystem check: if param fsck; then echo $i"performing linux filesystem check on all available devices:" draw for x in `blkid | grep 'TYPE="ext' | cut -d: -f1`; do e2fsck -C 0 -p $x; wait; done for x in `blkid | grep 'TYPE="reiserfs"' | cut -d: -f1`; do reiserfsck -p $x; wait; done draw fi # Create /etc/fstab and mount devices: fstab debug # Find *.sgn file: echo $i"searching for $SGN file" if [ $IP ]; then BOOTDEV=network; SGNDEV=/mnt/nfs for x in `lspci | grep 0200: | cut -d: -f3-4 | sed s/:/.*/g | tr a-z A-Z`; do modprobe `grep $x /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.alias | tail -n1 | rev | cut -d" " -f1 | rev` 2>/dev/null; done ls /sys/class/net | grep -q eth || { for x in `find /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net -name "*.ko" | sed 's/.ko//g'`; do modprobe `basename $x` 2>/dev/null; ls /sys/class/net | grep -q eth && break || modprobe -r `basename $x` 2>/dev/null; done; } mkdir -p /mnt/nfs/porteus /mnt/nfs/storage; udhcpc; modprobe nfsv4; mount -t nfs4 $IP:/srv/pxe/porteus /mnt/nfs/porteus -o ro,nolock 2>/dev/null || { modprobe nfsv3; mount -t nfs $IP:/srv/pxe/porteus /mnt/nfs/porteus -o ro,nolock 2>/dev/null; } MAC=`ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d: -f5-7 | sed s/://g | cut -d" " -f1` if [ "$CHANGES" = /srv/pxe/storage ]; then if lsmod | grep -q nfsv3; then mount -t nfs $IP:/srv/pxe/storage /mnt/nfs/storage -o rw,nolock 2>/dev/null && { mkdir -p /mnt/nfs/storage/client-$MAC/changes/home; CHANGES="/storage/client-$MAC"; } else mount -t nfs4 $IP:/srv/pxe/storage /mnt/nfs/storage -o rw,nolock 2>/dev/null && { mkdir -p /mnt/nfs/storage/client-$MAC/changes/home; CHANGES="/storage/client-$MAC"; } fi fi elif [ $ISO ]; then SGNDEV=/mnt/isoloop locate -e $FROM && { BOOTDEV=/mnt/$DEV; mkdir /mnt/isoloop; mount -o loop /mnt/$DEV/$LPTH /mnt/isoloop; } else if [ $FROM ]; then locate -e $FROM/porteus/$SGN if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then DIR=`echo $LPTH | rev | cut -d/ -f3- | rev`; [ $DIR ] && FOLDER=$DIR/porteus else echo $i"from= cheatcode is incorrect, press enter to search through all devices" read -s; search -e porteus/$SGN fi else search -e porteus/$SGN || lazy -e porteus/$SGN fi SGNDEV=/mnt/$DEV fi [ -e $SGNDEV/$FOLDER/$SGN ] && PTH=$SGNDEV/$FOLDER || . fatal echo $i"using Porteus data from $PTH" # Make all drivers available: mount -o loop $PTH/base/000-kernel.xzm /opt/000-kernel 2>/dev/null mount -o bind /opt/000-kernel/lib/modules /lib/modules 2>/dev/null # Create symlinks used often by porteus scripts: ln -sf $PTH/modules /porteus/modules ln -sf $PTH/optional /porteus/optional debug # Setup changes: if [ $CHANGES ]; then echo $i"setting up directory for changes" CHNEXIT=`echo $CHANGES | cut -d: -f1`; [ $CHNEXIT = EXIT ] && CHANGES=`echo $CHANGES | cut -d: -f2-` locate -r $CHANGES if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then if [ -d /mnt/$DEV/$LPTH ]; then mkdir -p /mnt/$DEV/$LPTH/changes 2>/dev/null && \ mount -o bind /mnt/$DEV/$LPTH/changes /memory/changes && touch /memory/changes/._test1 2>/dev/null else if blkid /mnt/$DEV/$LPTH 2>/dev/null | cut -d" " -f3- | grep -q _LUKS; then for x in dm_crypt cryptd cbc sha256_generic aes_generic aes_x86_64; do modprobe $x 2>/dev/null; done losetup /dev/loop2 /mnt/$DEV/$LPTH echo $i"found encrypted .dat container" /opt/000-kernel/sbin/cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/loop2 crypt fsck_dat /dev/mapper/crypt mount /dev/mapper/crypt /memory/changes 2>/dev/null && touch /memory/changes/._test1 2>/dev/null else fsck_dat /mnt/$DEV/$LPTH mount -o loop /mnt/$DEV/$LPTH /memory/changes 2>/dev/null && touch /memory/changes/._test1 2>/dev/null fi fi if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo $i"testing filesystem on "$CHANGES" for posix compatibility" ln -s /memory/changes/._test1 /memory/changes/._test2 2>/dev/null && chmod +x /memory/changes/._test1 2>/dev/null && [ -x /memory/changes/._test1 ] && chmod -x /memory/changes/._test1 2>/dev/null && [ ! -x /memory/changes/._test1 ] && rm -f /memory/changes/._test1 /memory/changes/._test2 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then rm -f /memory/changes/._test1 /memory/changes/._test2; umount /memory/changes echo && echo -e "[1;33m""A Windows filesystem (FAT, NTFS) or other non-posix compatible filesystem\nhas been detected on $CHANGES.\nYour changes cannot be saved directly to the specified storage media with this\nsetup. Please use the '[1;36mPorteus save file manager[1;33m' to create a .dat container\nand use it for saving your changes after your next reboot.""[0m" echo "press enter to continue in '[1;36mAlways Fresh[0m' mode for this session" read; rmdir /mnt/$DEV/$LPTH/changes; fail_chn else echo $i"filesystem is posix compatible"; CHNDEV=/mnt/$DEV rmdir /memory/changes/mnt/* 2>/dev/null rm -rf /memory/changes/var/lock/* /var/run/laptop-mode-tools/* /var/spool/cron/cron.?????? for x in `find /memory/changes/var/run -name "*pid" 2>/dev/null`; do rm $x; done if [ $CHNEXIT = EXIT -o "`egrep -o " changes-ro( |\$)" /proc/cmdline`" ]; then CHNEXIT=$CHNDEV/$LPTH; echo $CHNEXIT >/tmp/changes-exit param changes-ro && echo $i"[1;36m""changes will not be saved for this session""[0m" || echo $i"[1;36m""changes will be saved only during reboot/shutdown""[0m" for x in `find /memory/changes -name ".wh.*"`; do cp -a --parents $x /var; done umount /memory/changes; mount -nt tmpfs -o size=$RAMSIZE tmpfs /memory/changes # need to fix busybox bug on 'cp -a' as it does not preserve perms on dirs: chown -R 1000:1000 /var/memory/changes/home/guest 2>/dev/null mv /var/memory/changes/* /memory/changes 2>/dev/null; CHANGES=memory fi fi else echo $i"changes not writable, using memory instead"; umount /memory/changes 2>/dev/null; fail_chn fi else fail $CHANGES; fail_chn fi else echo $i"changes cheatcode not found, using memory only"; fail_chn fi mkdir -p /memory/changes/mnt/live debug # Setup aufs: echo $i"creating live filesystem and inserting modules" mount -t aufs -o nowarn_perm,xino=/memory/xino/.aufs.xino,br:/memory/changes=rw aufs /union if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo -e "[31m""cant setup union (aufs) - read only filesystem?\nWhen you finish debugging press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot.""[0m"; sh; fi # Find modules: find $PTH/base $PTH/modules -name "*.xzm" 2>/dev/null | egrep -v "$NOLOAD" | sort >/tmp/modules find $PTH/optional -name "*.xzm" 2>/dev/null | egrep "$LOAD" | sort >>/tmp/modules if param vga_detect; then echo $i"detecting GPU" lspci >/tmp/lspci; nv=`grep "0300: 10de:" /tmp/lspci | cut -d":" -f4`; amd=`grep "0300: 1002:" /tmp/lspci | cut -d":" -f4` if [ $nv ]; then echo $i"$nv chipset found, checking which nVidia driver supports it" cd /usr/share/pciids/nVidia; NV=`grep $nv * | cut -d: -f1`; cd / if [ $NV ]; then echo $i"nVidia-$NV.xx driver will be activated -" echo $i"if present in $PTH/optional folder" find $PTH/optional -name "nVidia-$NV*" 2>/dev/null >>/tmp/modules else echo $i"latest nVidia driver will be activated -" echo $i"if present in $PTH/optional folder" find $PTH/optional -name "nVidia-*" 2>/dev/null | egrep -v '96.43.|173.14.|304.' >>/tmp/modules fi elif [ $amd ]; then echo $i"checking if $amd GPU belongs to 'Radeon HD' series" cd /usr/share/pciids/AMD; HD=`grep $amd * | cut -d: -f1`; cd / if [ $HD ]; then echo $i"AMD proprietary driver will be activated -" echo $i"if present in $PTH/optional folder" find $PTH/optional -name "$HD-1*" 2>/dev/null >>/tmp/modules else echo $i"$amd GPU is not supported by amd-catalyst driver - refusing activation" fi else echo $i"could not find any nVidia/AMD GPU on this PC" fi fi if param base_only; then grep base/0 /tmp/modules > /tmp/mod mv /tmp/mod /tmp/modules else if [ "$EXTRAMOD" ]; then for folder in $EXTRAMOD; do echo $i"searching for additional modules in $folder" locate -d $folder && { find /mnt/$DEV/$LPTH -name "*.xzm" 2>/dev/null | egrep -v "$NOLOAD" | sort >>/tmp/modules; } || fail $folder done fi fi # Copy data to RAM: if param copy2ram; then echo $i"copying Porteus data to RAM, this may take some time..." [ $RAMMOD ] && { egrep "$RAMMOD" /tmp/modules > /tmp/rammod; cpmod /tmp/rammod; } || cpmod /tmp/modules fi # Populate aufs with modules: umount /lib/modules /opt/000-kernel 2>/dev/null for x in `cat /tmp/modules`; do NAME=`basename $x`; mkdir /memory/images/$NAME; mount -o loop $x /memory/images/$NAME 2>/dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo " $m $NAME"; mount -no remount,add:1:/memory/images/$NAME=rr aufs /union else echo $i"[1;36m""Cannot read $NAME - corrupted module?""[0m"; rmdir /memory/images/$NAME fi done mount -no bind /union/lib/modules /lib/modules 2>/dev/null # Add "changes on exit" device/file/folder: if [ -e /tmp/changes-exit ]; then mkdir /memory/images/changes if [ -d $CHNEXIT ]; then mount -o bind $CHNEXIT/changes /memory/images/changes elif [ -b /dev/mapper/crypt ]; then mount /dev/mapper/crypt /memory/images/changes else mount -o loop $CHNEXIT /memory/images/changes fi echo " $m changes"; mount -no remount,add:1:/memory/images/changes=ro aufs /union echo $CHNEXIT/changes >>/tmp/modules param changes-ro && rm /tmp/changes-exit fi debug # Copy /rootcopy folder: if param norootcopy; then ROOTCOPY=none echo $i"skipping /rootcopy directory" else if [ $ROOTCOPY ]; then locate -d $ROOTCOPY if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo $i"copying content of $ROOTCOPY directory"; cp -af /mnt/$DEV/$LPTH/. /union/. 2>/dev/null; else fail $ROOTCOPY; ROOTCOPY=none; fi else ROOTCOPY=none echo $i"copying content of $PTH/rootcopy directory" cp -af $PTH/rootcopy/. /union/. 2>/dev/null fi fi ## Finish: # Create 7 free loop devices for truecrypt, etc... x=`losetup | tail -n1 | cut -d: -f1 | sed 's@/dev/loop@@'`; let y=x+7 while [ $x -le $y ]; do [ -b /dev/loop$y ] && break || mknod /dev/loop$y b 7 $y; let y=y-1; done if param nonetwork; then echo $i"disabling dhcpcd and NetworkManager services" chmod -x /union/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 /union/etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager 2>/dev/null nma=/union/etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop test -e $nma && ! grep -q "Hidden=true" $nma && echo "Hidden=true" >> $nma fi if [ "$IP" -a -x /union/etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager ]; then if [ -z "`egrep -o " copy2ram( |\$)" /proc/cmdline`" -o -d /mnt/nfs/storage/client-$MAC ]; then echo "nameserver $IP" > /union/etc/resolv.conf nmc=/union/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf; HW=`ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -dW -f2 | cut -d" " -f2` ! grep -q "unmanaged-devices=mac:$HW" $nmc && sed -i '/\[keyfile\]/ a\unmanaged-devices=mac:'$HW'' $nmc fi fi cp -af /dev/console /union/dev cat > /union/etc/mtab << EOF aufs / aufs rw 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0 devtmpfs /dev devtmpfs rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 EOF fstab debug if param copy2ram; then [ $SGNDEV = /mnt/isoloop -o $SGNDEV = /mnt/nfs ] && { umount `grep $SGNDEV /etc/mtab | sed -n 1p | cut -d" " -f2`; SGNDEV=$BOOTDEV; } CHNDISK=`echo $CHNDEV | cut -b6-8`; SGNDISK=`echo $SGNDEV | cut -b6-8`; REMOVABLE=`cat /sys/block/$SGNDISK*/removable 2>/dev/null` if [ -z "`egrep -o " noeject( |\$)" /proc/cmdline`" -a "$CHNDISK" != "$SGNDISK" ]; then if [ "$REMOVABLE" = 1 ]; then for rdisk in `ls /mnt | grep $SGNDISK`; do umount -n /mnt/$rdisk 2>/dev/null && rmdir /mnt/$rdisk if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then grep -qw "/dev/$rdisk.*iso9660" /etc/fstab && /union/usr/bin/eject /dev/$rdisk sed -i "/$rdisk/d" /etc/fstab fi done [ `ls /mnt | grep $SGNDISK` ] || echo $i"[1;36m""finished copying to RAM - booting media can be removed safely""[0m" else if param nohd; then umount $SGNDEV 2>/dev/null; rmdir $SGNDEV 2>/dev/null; fi fi fi fi # Create debug file: [ -e /tmp/devices ] && { echo "# Recognized devices:" >$livedbg; cat /tmp/devices >>$livedbg; } [ $BOOTDEV ] && SGNDEV=$BOOTDEV echo -e "\n# Booting device:\n$SGNDEV\n\n# Porteus data found in:\n$PTH\n\n# Changes are stored in:\n$CHANGES\n\n# Non standard /rootcopy dir:\n$ROOTCOPY\n\n# Modules activated during boot time:" >>$livedbg; cat /tmp/modules >>$livedbg cp -af $livedbg /union/var/log/porteus-livedbg echo $i"changing root directory" if param noauto; then for x in `grep /mnt/ /etc/fstab | cut -d/ -f3`; do mkdir -p /union/mnt/$x; umount -n /mnt/$x 2>/dev/null && rmdir /mnt/$x; done else grep /mnt/ /etc/fstab >> /union/etc/mtab for x in `grep /mnt/ /etc/fstab | cut -d/ -f3`; do mkdir -p /union/mnt/$x; mount -n --move /mnt/$x /union/mnt/$x; rmdir /mnt/$x; done fi sed -i 's/ ntfs / ntfs-3g /g' /etc/fstab cp -f /etc/fstab /union/etc 2>/dev/null umount -n /lib/modules 2>/dev/null rm -r /lib/* /usr/* debug echo "[1m""live system is ready now - starting Porteus""[0m" cp -f /union/sbin/init /bin if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then pivot_root /union /union/mnt/live exec bin/chroot . /mnt/live/bin/init "$@" <dev/console >dev/console 2>&1 else echo -e "[31m""!!ERROR!!\nSomething went wrong and I cannot continue.\nPress Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot.""[0m" sh fi I think the biggest problem is to make it work for systemd. The script is found in the initrd of porteus. Maybe make some service files for the module copying and activating. What do you expert think of it. Roelof On 12/30/13, Roelof Wobben <r.wobben@home.nl> wrote:<blockquote cite="mid:52C19D4C.2060004@home.nl" class="iwcQuote" style="border-left: 1px solid #00F; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 0;" type="cite"><div class="mimepart text plain">Koen Kooi schreef op 30-12-2013 15:50: > Op 30 dec. 2013, om 13:36 heeft Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity@gmail.com> het volgende geschreven: > >> On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Roelof Wobben <r.wobben@home.nl> wrote: >>> hello, >>> >>> Im trying to port Cinnamon to porteus. >>> Porteus is a slackware based distro which work with modules. >>> >>> The problem is that Cinnamon works the best with systemd and slackware >>> refuses to use systemd. >>> Now I want to try to make systemd work on a porteus system so that I have a >>> slackware based system with systemd and Cinnamon. >>> >>> The biggest problem is that im not a coder. >> If you can port Cinnamon to a distro, most likely you can port systemd >> to a distro just as well. >> >> 0. Install all dependencies – a recent kernel with required options; >> PAM; a /sbin/login with PAM support. The requirements are listed in >> the README [1]. > Historically slackware has always refused to support PAM, so this is quite a big step to take :) > > regards, > > Koen I know. I have make build-scripts for it because Cinnamon needs PAM. Roelof --- Dit e-mailbericht bevat geen virussen en malware omdat avast! Antivirus actief is. <a href="http://www.avast.com" target="l">http://www.avast.com</a> _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" target="l">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a> </div></blockquote>