[gentoo-commits] proj/catalyst:fosdem-2026 commit in: targets/support/

[Andreas K. Hüttel]

commit:     40baa87a3289a14d0a6506e6752a7467bba84c26
Author:     Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sat Jan 24 18:46:54 2026 +0000
Commit:     Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sat Jan 24 18:46:54 2026 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/catalyst.git/commit/?id=40baa87a

More overlayfs hacks

Signed-off-by: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge <AT> gentoo.org>

 targets/support/create-iso.sh           | 9 +++++++++
 targets/support/iso-bootloader-setup.sh | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/targets/support/create-iso.sh b/targets/support/create-iso.sh
index a36d0129..75ac6e45 100755
--- a/targets/support/create-iso.sh
+++ b/targets/support/create-iso.sh
@@ -208,6 +208,15 @@ case ${clst_hostarch} in
                        # TODO: allow setting different fs type
                        mkfs.xfs "${extrapart}"
                        # 1=ESP, 2=HFS+, so 3 is first available partition
+
+                       # we need to create the directories for overlayfs since
+                       # stupid dracut does not do that automatically
+                       mkdir "${extrapart}.mnt" || die "failed mkdir"
+                       mount -o loop "${extrapart}" "${extrapart}.mnt" || die 
"failed loop mount"
+                       mkdir "${extrapart}.mnt"/LiveGUI-Overlay || die "mkdir 
1 failed"
+                       mkdir "${extrapart}.mnt"/ovlwork || die "mkdir 2 failed"
+                       umount "${extrapart}.mnt" || die "umount failed"
+
                        extra_opts+=(
                                "-append_partition"
                                "3"

diff --git a/targets/support/iso-bootloader-setup.sh 
b/targets/support/iso-bootloader-setup.sh
index a99bd3ef..4f8619bc 100755
--- a/targets/support/iso-bootloader-setup.sh
+++ b/targets/support/iso-bootloader-setup.sh
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ case ${clst_hostarch} in
                        if [ ${distkernel} = "yes" ]
                        then
                                echo "  search --no-floppy --set=root -l 
${clst_iso_volume_id}" >> ${iacfg}
-                               echo "  linux ${kern_subdir}/${x} 
${default_dracut_append_line[@]} rd.live.overlay=LABEL=Appended3 
rd.live.overlay.cowfs=xfs" >> ${iacfg}
+                               echo "  linux ${kern_subdir}/${x} 
${default_dracut_append_line[@]} 
rd.live.overlay=PARTLABEL=Appended3:/LiveGUI-Overlay rd.live.overlay.cowfs=xfs" 
>> ${iacfg}
                        else
                                echo "  linux ${kern_subdir}/${x} 
${default_append_line[@]}" >> ${iacfg}
                        fi