Hello,

  I've done some Casper patches (tested on 1.77, aka Etch version only)
to allow persistent data to be located on a NFS (or CIFS, not
tested) server. It works for me for persistent mounts, for snapshots,
I didn't tried, and the support is incomplete : the casper-snapshot
command isn't updated to support update of snapshots on nfs (at
reboot/shutdown...).

  If the client has booted on NFS from a server with
path /some/path/to/binary, it will try to
mount /some/path/to/[<hostname>/]casper-rw
and /some/path/to/[<hostname>/]home-rw of the same server...

  It can take quite a long time, as I reused NFS mounting procedure of
casper, which tries many times the same NFS mount (workaround of a
bug, but don't know which).

  If you have questions about this, I can elaborate.

        Hope it helps,
                Fred.

 
diff -Naur casper-1.77/scripts/casper casper-1.77nfs/scripts/casper
--- casper-1.77/scripts/casper	2007-03-14 14:18:26.000000000 +0100
+++ casper-1.77nfs/scripts/casper	2007-03-14 14:17:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@
                 export KMODEL=${x#*=} ;;
             preseed/file=*|file=*)
                 export LOCATION="${x#*=}" ;;
+            debugcasper=*)
+                export DEBUGCASPER=${x#*=} ;;
             */*=*)
                 question="${x%%=*}"
                 value="${x#*=}"
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@
     return 0
 }
 
-do_netmount() {
+do_rootnetmount() {
     rc=1
 
     modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" af_packet # For DHCP
@@ -234,63 +236,28 @@
 
     [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Trying netboot from ${NFSROOT}"
 
-    if [ "${NETBOOT}" != "nfs" ] && do_cifsmount ; then
-        rc=0
-    elif do_nfsmount ; then
-        NETBOOT="nfs"
-        export NETBOOT
-        rc=0
-    fi
+    do_netmount "${NFSROOT}" "${mountpoint}" "-o ro" && rc=0
 
     [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
     return ${rc}
 }
 
-do_nfsmount() {
-    rc=1
-    modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" nfs
-    if [ -z "${NFSOPTS}" ]; then
-        NFSOPTS=""
-    fi
-
-    [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Trying nfsmount -o nolock -o ro ${NFSOPTS} ${NFSROOT} ${mountpoint}"
-    # FIXME: This for loop is an ugly HACK round an nfs bug
-    for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13; do
-        nfsmount -o nolock -o ro ${NFSOPTS} "${NFSROOT}" "${mountpoint}" && rc=0 && break
-        sleep 1
-    done
-    return ${rc}
-}
-
-do_cifsmount() {
-    rc=1
-    if [ -x "/sbin/mount.cifs" ]; then
-        if [ -z "${NFSOPTS}" ]; then
-            CIFSOPTS="-ouser=root,password="
-        else
-            CIFSOPTS="${NFSOPTS}"
-        fi
-
-        [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Trying mount.cifs ${NFSROOT} ${mountpoint} ${CIFSOPTS}"
-        modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" cifs
-
-        if mount.cifs "${NFSROOT}" "${mountpoint}" "${CIFSOPTS}" ; then
-            rc=0
-        fi
-    fi
-    return ${rc}
-}
-
 do_snap_copy ()
 {
     fromdev="${1}"
     todir="${2}"
     snap_type="${3}"
+    tomount="${4}"
+
+    if [ "${fromdev}" = nfs ]; then
+        # mount has be done in find_cow_device() !
+        cp -a "${tomount}"/* ${todir}
+        umount "${tomount}"
 
-    size=$(fs_size "${fromdev}" "" "used")
+    elif [ -b "${fromdev}" ]; then
+        size=$(fs_size "${fromdev}" "" "used")
 
-    if [ -b "${fromdev}" ]; then
-        # look for free mem
+        # look for free mem # FIXME: not used ???
         if [ -n "${HOMEMOUNTED}" -a "${snap_type}" = "HOME" ]; then
             todev=$(cat /proc/mounts | grep -s " $(base_path ${todir}) " | awk '{print $1}' )
             freespace=$(df -k  | grep -s ${todev} | awk '{print $4}')
@@ -298,11 +265,6 @@
             freespace=$( expr $(awk '/MemFree/{print $2}' /proc/meminfo) + $( cat /proc/meminfo | grep Cached | head -n 1 | awk '/Cached/{print $2}' - ))
         fi
 
-        tomount="/mnt/tmpsnap"
-        if [ ! -d "${tomount}" ] ; then
-            mkdir -p "${tomount}"
-        fi
-
         fstype=$(get_fstype "${fromdev}")
         if [ -n "${fstype}" ]; then
             # Copying stuff...
@@ -312,16 +274,17 @@
         else
             log_warning_msg "Unrecognized fstype: ${fstype} on ${fromdev}:${snap_type}"
         fi
-
-        rmdir "${tomount}"
         if echo ${fromdev} | grep -qs loop; then
            losetup -d "${fromdev}"
         fi
-        return 0
+
     else
-        return 1
         [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "Unable to find the snapshot ${snap_type} medium"
+        return 1
     fi
+
+    rmdir "${tomount}"
+    return 0
 }
 
 try_snap ()
@@ -333,6 +296,11 @@
     snap_mount="${2}"
     snap_type="${3}"
 
+    tomount="/mnt/tmpsnap"
+    if [ ! -d "${tomount}" ] ; then
+        mkdir -p "${tomount}"
+    fi
+
     snapdata=$(find_files "${snap_label}.squashfs ${snap_label}.cpio.gz ${snap_label}.ext2")
     if [ ! -z "${snapdata}" ]; then
         snapdev="$(echo ${snapdata} | cut -f1 -d ' ')"
@@ -341,7 +309,8 @@
         if echo "${snapfile}" | grep -qs '\(squashfs\|ext2\)'; then
             # squashfs or ext2 snapshot
             dev=$(get_backing_device "${snapback}/${snapfile}")
-            if ! do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}"; then
+            if ! do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}" \
+                              "${tomount}"; then
                  log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snapfile} Snapshot"
                  return 1
             fi
@@ -353,9 +322,16 @@
             fi
         fi
         umount "${snapback}"
+        rmdir "${tomount}"
+
     else
-        dev=$(find_cow_device "${snap_label}")
-        if [ -b ${dev} ]; then
+        dev=$(find_cow_device "${snap_label}" "${tomount}")
+        if [ -z "${dev}" ]; then
+            log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_label} Snapshot"
+            rmdir "${tomount}"
+            return 1
+
+        elif [ -b ${dev} ]; then
             if echo "${dev}" | grep -qs loop; then
                 # strange things happens, user confused?
                 snaploop=$( losetup ${dev} | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d '()' )
@@ -364,7 +340,8 @@
             else
                 snapdev="${dev}"
             fi
-            if ! do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}" ; then
+            if ! do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}" \
+                              "${tomount}" ; then
                 log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_label} Snapshot"
                 return 1
             else
@@ -373,12 +350,22 @@
                      umount ${snapdev}
                 fi
             fi
+
         else
-            log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_label} Snapshot"
-            return 1
+            # net mount
+            if ! do_snap_copy nfs "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}" \
+                              "${tomount}" ; then
+                log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_label} Snapshot"
+                return 1
+            fi
         fi
     fi
-    echo "export ${snap_type}SNAP="${snap_mount}":${snapdev}:${snapfile}" >> /etc/casper.conf # for resync on reboot/halt
+
+    # casper-snapshot don't know about nfs (yet)
+    if [ -b ${dev} ]; then
+        echo "export ${snap_type}SNAP="${snap_mount}":${snapdev}:${snapfile}" >> /etc/casper.conf # for resync on reboot/halt
+    fi
+
     return 0
 }
 
@@ -424,23 +411,29 @@
         done
     done
     rofsstring=${rofsstring%:}
-
-    mkdir -p /cow
     cowdevice="tmpfs"
     cow_fstype="tmpfs"
+    cowmount=/cow
+    mkdir -p ${cowmount}
 
-    # Looking for "${root_persistence}" device or file
+    log_begin_msg "Looking for '${root_persistence}' device or file"
     if [ -n "${PERSISTENT}" ]; then
-        cowprobe=$(find_cow_device "${root_persistence}")
-        if [ -b "${cowprobe}" ]; then
+        cowprobe=$(find_cow_device "${root_persistence}" ${cowmount})
+        if [ -z "${cowprobe}"]; then
+            log_warning_msg "Unable to find the persistent medium"
+
+        elif [ -b "${cowprobe}" ]; then
             cowdevice=${cowprobe}
             cow_fstype=$(get_fstype "${cowprobe}")
         else
-            [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "Unable to find the persistent medium"
+            cow_fstype=net
         fi
     fi
 
-    mount ${cowdevice} -t ${cow_fstype} -o rw /cow || panic "Can not mount $cowdevice on /cow"
+    if [ "${cow_fstype}" != net ]
+        mount ${cowdevice} -t ${cow_fstype} -o rw ${cowmount} || panic "Can not mount $cowdevice on ${cowmount}"
+    fi
+    log_end_msg
 
     mount -t unionfs -o dirs=/cow=rw:$rofsstring unionfs "$rootmnt" || panic "Unionfs mount failed"
 
@@ -448,15 +441,23 @@
     if [ -n "${PERSISTENT}" ]; then
         # directly mount /home
         # FIXME: add a custom mounts configurable system
-        homecow=$(find_cow_device "${home_persistence}" )
-        if [ -b "${homecow}" ]; then
-            mount -t $(get_fstype "${homecow}") -o rw "${homecow}" "${rootmnt}/home"
-            export HOMEMOUNTED=1 # used to proper calculate free space in do_snap_copy()
-        else
+        log_begin_msg "Looking for '${home_persistence}' device or file"
+        homemnt=${rootmnt}/home
+        homecow=$(find_cow_device "${home_persistence}" ${homemnt})
+        if [ -z "${homecow}"]; then
             [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "Unable to find the persistent home medium"
+        else
+            if [ -b "${homecow}" ]; then
+                mount -t $(get_fstype "${homecow}") -o rw ${homecow} ${homemnt}
+            else
+                homecow=net
+            fi
+            export HOMEMOUNTED=1 # used to proper calculate free space in do_snap_copy()
         fi
+        log_end_msg
+
         # Look for other snapshots to copy in
-        try_snap "${root_snapshot_label}" "${rootmnt}" "ROOT"
+        try_snap "${root_snapshot_label}" "${rootmnt}"      "ROOT"
         try_snap "${home_snapshot_label}" "${rootmnt}/home" "HOME"
     fi
 
@@ -562,10 +563,12 @@
 }
 
 mountroot() {
-    exec 6>&1
-    exec 7>&2
-    exec > casper.log
-    exec 2>&1
+    if [ "${DEBUGCASPER}" != y ]; then
+        exec 6>&1
+        exec 7>&2
+        exec > casper.log
+        exec 2>&1
+    fi
 
     parse_cmdline
 
@@ -581,7 +584,7 @@
     set_usplash_timeout
 
     if [ ! -z "${NETBOOT}" ]; then
-        if do_netmount ; then
+        if do_rootnetmount ; then
             livefs_root="${mountpoint}"
         else
             panic "Unable to find a the network rootfs live file system"
@@ -616,6 +619,11 @@
 
     log_end_msg
 
+    if [ "${DEBUGCASPER}" = y ]; then
+        echo "Some Tests before continue (press 'exit' to continue) ?"
+        sh
+    fi
+
     maybe_break casper-bottom
     [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/casper-bottom"
 
@@ -623,7 +631,9 @@
     run_scripts /scripts/casper-bottom
     [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
 
-    exec 1>&6 6>&-
-    exec 2>&7 7>&-
-    cp casper.log "${rootmnt}/var/log/"
+    if [ "${DEBUGCASPER}" != y ]; then
+        exec 1>&6 6>&-
+        exec 2>&7 7>&-
+        cp casper.log "${rootmnt}/var/log/"
+    fi
 }
diff -Naur casper-1.77/scripts/casper-helpers casper-1.77nfs/scripts/casper-helpers
--- casper-1.77/scripts/casper-helpers	2007-03-14 14:18:34.000000000 +0100
+++ casper-1.77nfs/scripts/casper-helpers	2007-03-14 14:17:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@
 
 find_cow_device() {
     pers_label="${1}"
+    local mountpoint="${2}"
+
     cow_backing="/${pers_label}-backing"
     for sysblock in $(echo /sys/block/* | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -v loop); do
         for dev in $(subdevices "${sysblock}"); do
@@ -165,6 +167,30 @@
             fi
         done
     done
+
+    # try some paths from the same server we mounted root fs :
+    # - <rootServer>:<rootPathDir>/<hostname>
+    # - <rootServer>:<rootPathDir>
+    # with rootPathDir = parent directory of Casper's binary path
+    local rootPathDir=$(dirname ${NFSROOT})
+    local server=$(echo ${NFSROOT} | cut -d: -f1)
+    local host=$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/hostname)
+    local nfspath
+
+    if [ -z "${mountpoint}" ] || [ -z "${$NETBOOT}" ]; then return 1; fi
+
+    for nfspath in ${rootPathDir}/${host}/${pers_label} \
+                   ${rootPathDir}/${pers_label} ; do
+        local path=$(echo ${nfspath} | cut -d: -f2)
+        [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && \
+            log_begin_msg "Trying to find cow device on net path ${nfspath}" >&2
+        if do_netmount "${nfspath}" "${mountpoint}" "-o rw"; then
+            echo "nfs"
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+
+    return 1
 }
 
 find_files()
@@ -193,3 +219,54 @@
 }
 
 
+# Note : merge of do_netmount() [without net config], do_nfsmount()
+# and do_cifsmount()...
+do_netmount() {
+    local    netroot=$1
+    local mountpoint=$2
+    local  mountopts=$3
+
+    rc=1
+
+    # if NETBOOT is not set or not nfs, first try CIFS (Samba) :
+    if [ ! -z "${NETBOOT}" ] && [ "${NETBOOT}" != "nfs" ] && \
+        [ -x "/sbin/mount.cifs" ]; then
+        if [ -z "${NFSOPTS}" ]; then
+            CIFSOPTS="-ouser=root,password="
+        else
+            CIFSOPTS="${NFSOPTS}"
+        fi
+
+        _log_msg "Trying mount.cifs ${netroot} ${mountpoint} ${CIFSOPTS}..."
+        modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" cifs
+
+        if mount.cifs "${netroot}" "${mountpoint}" "${CIFSOPTS}"; then
+            rc=0
+            log_success_msg "Mounted ${netroot} as ${mountpoint}"
+        fi
+    fi
+    if [ ${rc} = 0 ]; then return ${rc}; fi
+
+    # try NFS if CIFS failed
+    modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" nfs
+### FIXME: ??? Do nothing, isn't it ???
+###  if [ -z "${NFSOPTS}" ]; then
+###      NFSOPTS=""
+###  fi
+
+    _log_msg "Trying nfsmount -o nolock ${mountopts} ${NFSOPTS} ${netroot} ${mountpoint}"
+    # FIXME: This for loop is an ugly HACK round an nfs bug
+    # FIXMETOO: which one ?
+    for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13; do
+        if nfsmount -o nolock ${mountopts} ${NFSOPTS} "${netroot}" "${mountpoint}"; then
+            rc=0
+            NETBOOT="nfs"
+            export NETBOOT
+            log_success_msg "Mounted ${netroot} as ${mountpoint}"
+            break
+        fi
+        sleep 1
+    done
+
+    return ${rc}
+}
diff -Naur casper-1.81/scripts/casper casper-1.81nfs/scripts/casper
--- casper-1.81/scripts/casper	2007-03-14 14:24:41.000000000 +0100
+++ casper-1.81nfs/scripts/casper	2007-03-14 14:36:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@
                 export MODULE=${x#module=} ;;
             preseed/file=*|file=*)
                 export LOCATION="${x#*=}" ;;
+            debugcasper=*)
+                export DEBUGCASPER=${x#*=} ;;
             */*=*)
                 question="${x%%=*}"
                 value="${x#*=}"
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@
     return 0
 }
 
-do_netmount() {
+do_rootnetmount() {
     rc=1
 
     modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" af_packet # For DHCP
@@ -241,63 +243,28 @@
 
     [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Trying netboot from ${NFSROOT}"
 
-    if [ "${NETBOOT}" != "nfs" ] && do_cifsmount ; then
-        rc=0
-    elif do_nfsmount ; then
-        NETBOOT="nfs"
-        export NETBOOT
-        rc=0
-    fi
+    do_netmount "${NFSROOT}" "${mountpoint}" "-o ro" && rc=0
 
     [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
     return ${rc}
 }
 
-do_nfsmount() {
-    rc=1
-    modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" nfs
-    if [ -z "${NFSOPTS}" ]; then
-        NFSOPTS=""
-    fi
-
-    [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Trying nfsmount -o nolock -o ro ${NFSOPTS} ${NFSROOT} ${mountpoint}"
-    # FIXME: This for loop is an ugly HACK round an nfs bug
-    for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13; do
-        nfsmount -o nolock -o ro ${NFSOPTS} "${NFSROOT}" "${mountpoint}" && rc=0 && break
-        sleep 1
-    done
-    return ${rc}
-}
-
-do_cifsmount() {
-    rc=1
-    if [ -x "/sbin/mount.cifs" ]; then
-        if [ -z "${NFSOPTS}" ]; then
-            CIFSOPTS="-ouser=root,password="
-        else
-            CIFSOPTS="${NFSOPTS}"
-        fi
-
-        [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Trying mount.cifs ${NFSROOT} ${mountpoint} ${CIFSOPTS}"
-        modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" cifs
-
-        if mount.cifs "${NFSROOT}" "${mountpoint}" "${CIFSOPTS}" ; then
-            rc=0
-        fi
-    fi
-    return ${rc}
-}
-
 do_snap_copy ()
 {
     fromdev="${1}"
     todir="${2}"
     snap_type="${3}"
+    tomount="${4}"
 
-    size=$(fs_size "${fromdev}" "" "used")
+    if [ "${fromdev}" = nfs ]; then
+        # mount has be done in find_cow_device() !
+        cp -a "${tomount}"/* ${todir}
+        umount "${tomount}"
 
-    if [ -b "${fromdev}" ]; then
-        # look for free mem
+    elif [ -b "${fromdev}" ]; then
+        size=$(fs_size "${fromdev}" "" "used")
+
+        # look for free mem # FIXME: not used ???
         if [ -n "${HOMEMOUNTED}" -a "${snap_type}" = "HOME" ]; then
             todev=$(cat /proc/mounts | grep -s " $(base_path ${todir}) " | awk '{print $1}' )
             freespace=$(df -k  | grep -s ${todev} | awk '{print $4}')
@@ -305,11 +272,6 @@
             freespace=$( expr $(awk '/MemFree/{print $2}' /proc/meminfo) + $( cat /proc/meminfo | grep Cached | head -n 1 | awk '/Cached/{print $2}' - ))
         fi
 
-        tomount="/mnt/tmpsnap"
-        if [ ! -d "${tomount}" ] ; then
-            mkdir -p "${tomount}"
-        fi
-
         fstype=$(get_fstype "${fromdev}")
         if [ -n "${fstype}" ]; then
             # Copying stuff...
@@ -319,16 +281,17 @@
         else
             log_warning_msg "Unrecognized fstype: ${fstype} on ${fromdev}:${snap_type}"
         fi
-
-        rmdir "${tomount}"
         if echo ${fromdev} | grep -qs loop; then
            losetup -d "${fromdev}"
         fi
-        return 0
+
     else
-        return 1
         [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "Unable to find the snapshot ${snap_type} medium"
+        return 1
     fi
+
+    rmdir "${tomount}"
+    return 0
 }
 
 try_snap ()
@@ -340,6 +303,11 @@
     snap_mount="${2}"
     snap_type="${3}"
 
+    tomount="/mnt/tmpsnap"
+    if [ ! -d "${tomount}" ] ; then
+        mkdir -p "${tomount}"
+    fi
+
     snapdata=$(find_files "${snap_label}.squashfs ${snap_label}.cpio.gz ${snap_label}.ext2")
     if [ ! -z "${snapdata}" ]; then
         snapdev="$(echo ${snapdata} | cut -f1 -d ' ')"
@@ -348,7 +316,8 @@
         if echo "${snapfile}" | grep -qs '\(squashfs\|ext2\)'; then
             # squashfs or ext2 snapshot
             dev=$(get_backing_device "${snapback}/${snapfile}")
-            if ! do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}"; then
+            if ! do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}" \
+                              "${tomount}"; then
                  log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snapfile} Snapshot"
                  return 1
             fi
@@ -360,9 +329,16 @@
             fi
         fi
         umount "${snapback}"
+        rmdir "${tomount}"
+
     else
-        dev=$(find_cow_device "${snap_label}")
-        if [ -b ${dev} ]; then
+        dev=$(find_cow_device "${snap_label}" "${tomount}")
+        if [ -z "${dev}" ]; then
+            log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_label} Snapshot"
+            rmdir "${tomount}"
+            return 1
+
+        elif [ -b ${dev} ]; then
             if echo "${dev}" | grep -qs loop; then
                 # strange things happens, user confused?
                 snaploop=$( losetup ${dev} | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d '()' )
@@ -371,7 +347,8 @@
             else
                 snapdev="${dev}"
             fi
-            if ! do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}" ; then
+            if ! do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}" \
+                              "${tomount}" ; then
                 log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_label} Snapshot"
                 return 1
             else
@@ -380,12 +357,22 @@
                      umount ${snapdev}
                 fi
             fi
+
         else
-            log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_label} Snapshot"
-            return 1
+            # net mount
+            if ! do_snap_copy nfs "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}" \
+                              "${tomount}" ; then
+                log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_label} Snapshot"
+                return 1
+            fi
         fi
     fi
-    echo "export ${snap_type}SNAP="${snap_mount}":${snapdev}:${snapfile}" >> /etc/casper.conf # for resync on reboot/halt
+
+    # casper-snapshot don't know about nfs (yet)
+    if [ -b ${dev} ]; then
+        echo "export ${snap_type}SNAP="${snap_mount}":${snapdev}:${snapfile}" >> /etc/casper.conf # for resync on reboot/halt
+    fi
+
     return 0
 }
 
@@ -448,24 +435,29 @@
     done
 
     rofsstring=${rofsstring%:}
-
-    mkdir -p /cow
-
     cowdevice="tmpfs"
     cow_fstype="tmpfs"
+    cowmount=/cow
+    mkdir -p ${cowmount}
 
-    # Looking for "${root_persistence}" device or file
+    log_begin_msg "Looking for '${root_persistence}' device or file"
     if [ -n "${PERSISTENT}" ]; then
-        cowprobe=$(find_cow_device "${root_persistence}")
-        if [ -b "${cowprobe}" ]; then
+        cowprobe=$(find_cow_device "${root_persistence}" ${cowmount})
+        if [ -z "${cowprobe}"]; then
+            log_warning_msg "Unable to find the persistent medium"
+
+        elif [ -b "${cowprobe}" ]; then
             cowdevice=${cowprobe}
             cow_fstype=$(get_fstype "${cowprobe}")
         else
-            [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "Unable to find the persistent medium"
+            cow_fstype=net
         fi
     fi
 
-    mount ${cowdevice} -t ${cow_fstype} -o rw /cow || panic "Can not mount $cowdevice on /cow"
+    if [ "${cow_fstype}" != net ]
+        mount ${cowdevice} -t ${cow_fstype} -o rw ${cowmount} || panic "Can not mount $cowdevice on ${cowmount}"
+    fi
+    log_end_msg
 
     mount -t unionfs -o dirs=/cow=rw:$rofsstring unionfs "$rootmnt" || panic "Unionfs mount failed"
 
@@ -473,15 +465,23 @@
     if [ -n "${PERSISTENT}" ]; then
         # directly mount /home
         # FIXME: add a custom mounts configurable system
-        homecow=$(find_cow_device "${home_persistence}" )
-        if [ -b "${homecow}" ]; then
-            mount -t $(get_fstype "${homecow}") -o rw "${homecow}" "${rootmnt}/home"
-            export HOMEMOUNTED=1 # used to proper calculate free space in do_snap_copy()
-        else
+        log_begin_msg "Looking for '${home_persistence}' device or file"
+        homemnt=${rootmnt}/home
+        homecow=$(find_cow_device "${home_persistence}" ${homemnt})
+        if [ -z "${homecow}"]; then
             [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "Unable to find the persistent home medium"
+        else
+            if [ -b "${homecow}" ]; then
+                mount -t $(get_fstype "${homecow}") -o rw ${homecow} ${homemnt}
+            else
+                homecow=net
+            fi
+            export HOMEMOUNTED=1 # used to proper calculate free space in do_snap_copy()
         fi
+        log_end_msg
+
         # Look for other snapshots to copy in
-        try_snap "${root_snapshot_label}" "${rootmnt}" "ROOT"
+        try_snap "${root_snapshot_label}" "${rootmnt}"      "ROOT"
         try_snap "${home_snapshot_label}" "${rootmnt}/home" "HOME"
     fi
 
@@ -587,10 +587,12 @@
 }
 
 mountroot() {
-    exec 6>&1
-    exec 7>&2
-    exec > casper.log
-    exec 2>&1
+    if [ "${DEBUGCASPER}" != y ]; then
+        exec 6>&1
+        exec 7>&2
+        exec > casper.log
+        exec 2>&1
+    fi
 
     parse_cmdline
 
@@ -606,7 +608,7 @@
     set_usplash_timeout
 
     if [ ! -z "${NETBOOT}" ]; then
-        if do_netmount ; then
+        if do_rootnetmount ; then
             livefs_root="${mountpoint}"
         else
             panic "Unable to find a the network rootfs live file system"
@@ -641,6 +643,11 @@
 
     log_end_msg
 
+    if [ "${DEBUGCASPER}" = y ]; then
+        echo "Some Tests before continue (press 'exit' to continue) ?"
+        sh
+    fi
+
     maybe_break casper-bottom
     [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/casper-bottom"
 
@@ -648,7 +655,9 @@
     run_scripts /scripts/casper-bottom
     [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
 
-    exec 1>&6 6>&-
-    exec 2>&7 7>&-
-    cp casper.log "${rootmnt}/var/log/"
+    if [ "${DEBUGCASPER}" != y ]; then
+        exec 1>&6 6>&-
+        exec 2>&7 7>&-
+        cp casper.log "${rootmnt}/var/log/"
+    fi
 }
diff -Naur casper-1.81/scripts/casper~ casper-1.81nfs/scripts/casper~
--- casper-1.81/scripts/casper~	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ casper-1.81nfs/scripts/casper~	2007-03-14 14:23:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,639 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# set -e
+
+export PATH=/root/usr/bin:/root/usr/sbin:/root/bin:/root/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin
+
+mountpoint=/live_media
+
+root_persistence="casper-rw"
+home_persistence="home-rw"
+root_snapshot_label="casper-sn"
+home_snapshot_label="home-sn"
+
+USERNAME="casper"
+USERFULLNAME="Live session user"
+HOSTNAME="live"
+BUILD_SYSTEM="Debian"
+
+mkdir -p $mountpoint
+
+[ -f /etc/casper.conf ] && . /etc/casper.conf
+export USERNAME USERFULLNAME HOSTNAME BUILD_SYSTEM
+
+. /scripts/casper-helpers
+
+if [ ! -f /casper.vars ]; then
+    touch /casper.vars
+fi
+
+parse_cmdline ()
+{
+    PRESEEDS=
+    # looking for casper specifics options as kernel parameters
+    for x in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
+        case $x in
+            userfullname=*)
+                export USERFULLNAME=${x#userfullname=}
+                export CASPERCONF="changed"
+                ;;
+            hostname=*)
+                export HOSTNAME=${x#hostname=}
+                export CASPERCONF="changed"
+                ;;
+            username=*)
+                export USERNAME=${x#username=}
+                export CASPERCONF="changed"
+                ;;
+            netboot*)
+                export NETBOOT=${x#netboot=} ;;
+            access=*)
+                export ACCESS=${x#access=} ;;
+            xdebconf)
+                export XDEBCONF="Yes" ;;
+            toram)
+                export TORAM="Yes" ;;
+            todisk=*)
+                export TODISK=${x#todisk=} ;;
+            showmounts)
+                export SHOWMOUNTS="Yes" ;;
+            persistent)
+                export PERSISTENT="Yes" ;;
+            nopersistent)
+                export PERSISTENT="" ;;
+            ip*)
+                STATICIP=${x#ip=}
+                if [ "${STATICIP}" == "" ]; then
+                    STATICIP="frommedia"
+                fi
+                export STATICIP ;;
+            casper-getty)
+                export CASPERGETTY=1 ;;
+            bootfrom=*|live-media=*)
+                export LIVEMEDIA=${x#*=} ;;
+            live-media-timeout=*)
+                export LIVEMEDIA_TIMEOUT=${x#live-media-timeout=} ;;
+            live-media-offset=*)
+                export LIVEMEDIA_OFFSET=${x#live-media-offset=} ;;
+            locale=*|debian-installer/locale=*)
+                export LOCALE=${x#*=} ;;
+            keyb=*|kbd-chooser/method=*)
+                export KBD=${x#*=} ;;
+            klayout=*|console-setup/layoutcode=*)
+                export KLAYOUT=${x#*=} ;;
+            koptions=*)
+                export KOPTIONS=${x#koptions=} ;;
+            kvariant=*|console-setup/variantcode=*)
+                export KVARIANT=${x#*=} ;;
+            kmodel=*|console-setup/modelcode=*)
+                export KMODEL=${x#*=} ;;
+            preseed/file=*|file=*)
+                export LOCATION="${x#*=}" ;;
+            debugcasper=*)
+                export DEBUGCASPER=${x#*=} ;;
+            */*=*)
+                question="${x%%=*}"
+                value="${x#*=}"
+                PRESEEDS="${PRESEEDS}\"${question}=${value}\" "
+                ;;
+            console=*)
+                export DEFCONSOLE="${x#*=}" ;;
+        esac
+    done
+
+    # sort of compatibility with netboot.h from linux docs
+    if [ -z "${NETBOOT}" ]; then
+        if [ "${ROOT}" == "/dev/nfs" ]; then
+            NETBOOT="nfs"
+            export NETBOOT
+        elif [ "${ROOT}" == "/dev/cifs" ]; then
+            NETBOOT="cifs"
+            export NETBOOT
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+is_casper_path() {
+    path=$1
+    if [ -d "$path/casper" ]; then
+        if [ "$(echo $path/casper/*.squashfs)" != "$path/casper/*.squashfs" ] ||
+            [ "$(echo $path/casper/*.ext2)" != "$path/casper/*.ext2" ] ||
+            [ "$(echo $path/casper/*.dir)" != "$path/casper/*.dir" ]; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    fi
+    return 1
+}
+
+get_backing_device() {
+    case "$1" in
+        *.squashfs|*.ext2)
+            echo $(setup_loop "$1" "loop" "/sys/block/loop*")
+            ;;
+        *.dir)
+            echo "directory"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            panic "Unrecognized casper filesystem: $1"
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+match_files_in_dir() {
+    # Does any files match pattern $1 ?
+
+    local pattern="$1"
+    if [ "$(echo $pattern)" != "$pattern" ]; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+    return 1
+}
+
+mount_images_in_directory() {
+    directory="$1"
+    rootmnt="$2"
+    if match_files_in_dir "$directory/casper/*.squashfs" ||
+        match_files_in_dir "$directory/casper/*.ext2" ||
+        match_files_in_dir "$directory/casper/*.dir"; then
+        setup_unionfs "$directory/casper" "$rootmnt"
+    else
+        :
+    fi
+}
+
+is_nice_device() {
+    sysfs_path="${1#/sys}"
+    if /lib/udev/path_id "${sysfs_path}" | grep -E -q "ID_PATH=(usb|pci-[^-]*-[ide|scsi|usb])"; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+    return 1
+}
+
+is_supported_fs ()
+{
+    # FIXME: do something better like the scan of supported filesystems
+    fstype="${1}"
+    case ${fstype} in
+        vfat|iso9660|udf|ext2|ext3|ntfs)
+            return 0
+            ;;
+    esac
+    return 1
+}
+
+copy_live_to() {
+    copyfrom="${1}"
+    copytodev="${2}"
+    copyto="${copyfrom}_swap"
+
+    size=$(fs_size "" ${copyfrom} "used")
+
+    if [ "${copytodev}" = "ram" ]; then
+        # copying to ram:
+        freespace=$( expr $(awk '/MemFree/{print $2}' /proc/meminfo) + $( cat /proc/meminfo | grep Cached | head -n 1 | awk '/Cached/{print $2}' - ) )
+        mount_options="-o size=${size}k"
+        free_string="memory"
+        fstype="tmpfs"
+        dev="/dev/shm"
+    else
+        # it should be a writable block device
+        if [ -b "${copytodev}" ]; then
+            dev="${copytodev}"
+            free_string="space"
+            fstype=$(get_fstype "${dev}")
+            freespace=$(fs_size "${dev}")
+        else
+            [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "${copytodev} is not a block device."
+            return 1
+        fi
+    fi
+    if [ "${freespace}" -lt "${size}" ] ; then
+        [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "Not enough free ${free_string} (${freespace}k > ${size}k) to copy live media in ${copytodev}."
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    # begin copying..
+    mkdir "${copyto}"
+    echo "mount -t ${fstype} ${mount_options} ${dev} ${copyto}"
+    mount -t "${fstype}" ${mount_options} "${dev}" "${copyto}"
+    cp -a ${copyfrom}/* ${copyto} # "cp -a" from busybox also copies hidden files
+    umount ${copyfrom}
+    mount -r -o move ${copyto} ${copyfrom}
+    rmdir ${copyto}
+    return 0
+}
+
+do_rootnetmount() {
+    rc=1
+
+    modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" af_packet # For DHCP
+
+    ipconfig ${DEVICE} /tmp/net-${DEVICE}.conf | tee /netboot.config
+
+    if [ "${NFSROOT}" = "auto" ]; then
+        NFSROOT=${ROOTSERVER}:${ROOTPATH}
+    fi
+
+    [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Trying netboot from ${NFSROOT}"
+
+    do_netmount "${NFSROOT}" "${mountpoint}" "-o ro" && rc=0
+
+    [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
+    return ${rc}
+}
+
+do_snap_copy ()
+{
+    fromdev="${1}"
+    todir="${2}"
+    snap_type="${3}"
+    tomount="${4}"
+
+    if [ "${fromdev}" = nfs ]; then
+        # mount has be done in find_cow_device() !
+        cp -a "${tomount}"/* ${todir}
+        umount "${tomount}"
+
+    elif [ -b "${fromdev}" ]; then
+        size=$(fs_size "${fromdev}" "" "used")
+
+        # look for free mem # FIXME: not used ???
+        if [ -n "${HOMEMOUNTED}" -a "${snap_type}" = "HOME" ]; then
+            todev=$(cat /proc/mounts | grep -s " $(base_path ${todir}) " | awk '{print $1}' )
+            freespace=$(df -k  | grep -s ${todev} | awk '{print $4}')
+        else
+            freespace=$( expr $(awk '/MemFree/{print $2}' /proc/meminfo) + $( cat /proc/meminfo | grep Cached | head -n 1 | awk '/Cached/{print $2}' - ))
+        fi
+
+        fstype=$(get_fstype "${fromdev}")
+        if [ -n "${fstype}" ]; then
+            # Copying stuff...
+            mount -t "${fstype}" -o ro "${fromdev}" "${tomount}"
+            cp -a "${tomount}"/* ${todir}
+            umount "${tomount}"
+        else
+            log_warning_msg "Unrecognized fstype: ${fstype} on ${fromdev}:${snap_type}"
+        fi
+        if echo ${fromdev} | grep -qs loop; then
+           losetup -d "${fromdev}"
+        fi
+
+    else
+        [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "Unable to find the snapshot ${snap_type} medium"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    rmdir "${tomount}"
+    return 0
+}
+
+try_snap ()
+{
+    # Look for $snap_label.* in block devices and copy the contents to $snap_mount
+    #   and remember the device and filename for resync on exit in casper.init
+
+    snap_label="${1}"
+    snap_mount="${2}"
+    snap_type="${3}"
+
+    tomount="/mnt/tmpsnap"
+    if [ ! -d "${tomount}" ] ; then
+        mkdir -p "${tomount}"
+    fi
+
+    snapdata=$(find_files "${snap_label}.squashfs ${snap_label}.cpio.gz ${snap_label}.ext2")
+    if [ ! -z "${snapdata}" ]; then
+        snapdev="$(echo ${snapdata} | cut -f1 -d ' ')"
+        snapback="$(echo ${snapdata} | cut -f2 -d ' ')"
+        snapfile="$(echo ${snapdata} | cut -f3 -d ' ')"
+        if echo "${snapfile}" | grep -qs '\(squashfs\|ext2\)'; then
+            # squashfs or ext2 snapshot
+            dev=$(get_backing_device "${snapback}/${snapfile}")
+            if ! do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}" \
+                              "${tomount}"; then
+                 log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snapfile} Snapshot"
+                 return 1
+            fi
+        else
+            # cpio.gz snapshot
+            if ! (cd "${snap_mount}" && zcat "${snapback}/${snapfile}" | cpio -i -u -d 2>/dev/null) ; then
+                log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snapfile} Snapshot"
+                return 1
+            fi
+        fi
+        umount "${snapback}"
+        rmdir "${tomount}"
+
+    else
+        dev=$(find_cow_device "${snap_label}" "${tomount}")
+        if [ -z "${dev}" ]; then
+            log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_label} Snapshot"
+            rmdir "${tomount}"
+            return 1
+
+        elif [ -b ${dev} ]; then
+            if echo "${dev}" | grep -qs loop; then
+                # strange things happens, user confused?
+                snaploop=$( losetup ${dev} | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d '()' )
+                snapfile=$(basename ${snaploop})
+                snapdev=$(cat /proc/mounts | awk '{print $2,$1}' | grep -es "^$( dirname ${snaploop} )" | cut -f2 -d ' ')
+            else
+                snapdev="${dev}"
+            fi
+            if ! do_snap_copy "${dev}" "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}" \
+                              "${tomount}" ; then
+                log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_label} Snapshot"
+                return 1
+            else
+                if [ -n "${snapfile}" ]; then
+                     # it was a loop device, user confused
+                     umount ${snapdev}
+                fi
+            fi
+
+        else
+            # net mount
+            if ! do_snap_copy nfs "${snap_mount}" "${snap_type}" \
+                              "${tomount}" ; then
+                log_warning_msg "Impossible to include the ${snap_label} Snapshot"
+                return 1
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    # casper-snapshot don't know about nfs (yet)
+    if [ -b ${dev} ]; then
+        echo "export ${snap_type}SNAP="${snap_mount}":${snapdev}:${snapfile}" >> /etc/casper.conf # for resync on reboot/halt
+    fi
+
+    return 0
+}
+
+setup_unionfs() {
+    image_directory="$1"
+    rootmnt="$2"
+
+    modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" -b unionfs
+
+    # run-init can't deal with images in a subdir, but we're going to
+    # move all of these away before it runs anyway.  No, we're not,
+    # put them in / since move-mounting them into / breaks mono and
+    # some other apps.
+
+    croot="/"
+
+    # Let's just mount the read-only file systems first
+    rofsstring=""
+    rofslist=""
+    if [ "${NETBOOT}" == "nfs" ] ; then
+        roopt="nfsro" # go aroung a bug in nfs-unionfs locking
+    else
+        roopt="ro"
+    fi
+
+    mkdir -p "${croot}"
+    for image_type in "ext2" "squashfs" "dir" ; do
+        for image in "${image_directory}"/*."${image_type}"; do
+            imagename=$(basename "${image}")
+            if [ -d "${image}" ]; then
+                # it is a plain directory: do nothing
+                rofsstring="${image}=${roopt}:${rofsstring}"
+                rofslist="${image} ${rofslist}"
+            elif [ -f "${image}" ]; then
+                backdev=$(get_backing_device "$image")
+                fstype=$(get_fstype "${backdev}")
+                if [ "${fstype}" = "unknown" ]; then
+                    panic "Unknown file system type on ${backdev} (${image})"
+                fi
+                mkdir -p "${croot}/${imagename}"
+                mount -t "${fstype}" -o ro "${backdev}" "${croot}/${imagename}" || panic "Can not mount $backdev ($image) on ${croot}/${imagename}" && rofsstring="${croot}/${imagename}=${roopt}:${rofsstring}" && rofslist="${croot}/${imagename} ${rofslist}"
+            fi
+        done
+    done
+    rofsstring=${rofsstring%:}
+    cowdevice="tmpfs"
+    cow_fstype="tmpfs"
+    cowmount=/cow
+    mkdir -p ${cowmount}
+
+    log_begin_msg "Looking for '${root_persistence}' device or file"
+    if [ -n "${PERSISTENT}" ]; then
+        cowprobe=$(find_cow_device "${root_persistence}" ${cowmount})
+        if [ -z "${cowprobe}"]; then
+            log_warning_msg "Unable to find the persistent medium"
+
+        elif [ -b "${cowprobe}" ]; then
+            cowdevice=${cowprobe}
+            cow_fstype=$(get_fstype "${cowprobe}")
+        else
+            cow_fstype=net
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ "${cow_fstype}" != net ]
+        mount ${cowdevice} -t ${cow_fstype} -o rw ${cowmount} || panic "Can not mount $cowdevice on ${cowmount}"
+    fi
+    log_end_msg
+
+    mount -t unionfs -o dirs=/cow=rw:$rofsstring unionfs "$rootmnt" || panic "Unionfs mount failed"
+
+    # Adding other custom mounts
+    if [ -n "${PERSISTENT}" ]; then
+        # directly mount /home
+        # FIXME: add a custom mounts configurable system
+        log_begin_msg "Looking for '${home_persistence}' device or file"
+        homemnt=${rootmnt}/home
+        homecow=$(find_cow_device "${home_persistence}" ${homemnt})
+        if [ -z "${homecow}"]; then
+            [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_warning_msg "Unable to find the persistent home medium"
+        else
+            if [ -b "${homecow}" ]; then
+                mount -t $(get_fstype "${homecow}") -o rw ${homecow} ${homemnt}
+            else
+                homecow=net
+            fi
+            export HOMEMOUNTED=1 # used to proper calculate free space in do_snap_copy()
+        fi
+        log_end_msg
+
+        # Look for other snapshots to copy in
+        try_snap "${root_snapshot_label}" "${rootmnt}"      "ROOT"
+        try_snap "${home_snapshot_label}" "${rootmnt}/home" "HOME"
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "${SHOWMOUNTS}" ]; then
+        for d in ${rofslist}; do
+            mkdir -p "${rootmnt}/casper/${d##*/}"
+            case d in
+                *.dir) # do nothing # mount -o bind "${d}" "${rootmnt}/casper/${d##*/}"
+                    ;;
+                *) mount -o move "${d}" "${rootmnt}/casper/${d##*/}"
+                    ;;
+            esac
+        done
+    fi
+
+    # shows cow fs on /cow for use by casper-snapshot
+    mkdir -p "${rootmnt}/cow"
+    mount -o bind /cow "${rootmnt}/cow"
+}
+
+check_dev ()
+{
+    sysdev="${1}"
+    devname="${2}"
+    if [ -z "${devname}" ]; then
+        devname=$(sys2dev "${sysdev}")
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "${LIVEMEDIA_OFFSET}" ]; then
+        loopdevname=$(setup_loop "${devname}" "loop" "/sys/block/loop*" "${LIVEMEDIA_OFFSET}")
+        devname="${loopdevname}" 
+    fi
+
+    fstype=$(get_fstype "${devname}")
+    if is_supported_fs ${fstype}; then
+        mount -t ${fstype} -o ro "${devname}" $mountpoint || continue
+        if is_casper_path $mountpoint; then
+            echo $mountpoint
+            return 0
+        else
+            umount $mountpoint
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "${LIVEMEDIA_OFFSET}" ]; then
+        losetup -d "${loopdevname}"
+    fi
+    return 1
+}
+
+find_livefs() {
+    timeout="${1}"
+    # first look at the one specified in the command line
+    if [ ! -z "${LIVEMEDIA}" ]; then
+        if check_dev "null" "${LIVEMEDIA}"; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    fi
+    # don't start autodetection before timeout has expired
+    if [ -n "${LIVEMEDIA_TIMEOUT}" ]; then
+        if [ "${timeout}" -lt "${LIVEMEDIA_TIMEOUT}" ]; then
+            return 1
+        fi
+    fi
+    # or do the scan of block devices
+    for sysblock in $(echo /sys/block/* | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -v loop | grep -v ram); do
+        devname=$(sys2dev "${sysblock}")
+        fstype=$(get_fstype "${devname}")
+        if /lib/udev/cdrom_id ${devname} > /dev/null; then
+            if check_dev "null" "${devname}" ; then
+                return 0
+            fi
+        elif is_nice_device "${sysblock}" ; then
+            for dev in $(subdevices "${sysblock}"); do
+                if check_dev "${dev}" ; then
+                    return 0
+                fi
+            done
+        elif [ "${fstype}" = "squashfs" -o \
+                "${fstype}" = "ext3" -o \
+                "${fstype}" = "ext2" ]; then
+            # This is an ugly hack situation, the block device has
+            # an image directly on it.  It's hopefully
+            # casper, so take it and run with it.
+            ln -s "${devname}" "${devname}.${fstype}"
+            echo "${devname}.${fstype}"
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+pulsate() {
+    if [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ]; then
+        /sbin/usplash_write "PULSATE"
+    fi
+}
+
+set_usplash_timeout() {
+    if [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ]; then
+        /sbin/usplash_write "TIMEOUT 120"
+    fi
+}
+
+mountroot() {
+    if [ "${DEBUGCASPER}" != y ]; then
+        exec 6>&1
+        exec 7>&2
+        exec > casper.log
+        exec 2>&1
+    fi
+
+    parse_cmdline
+
+    set_usplash_timeout
+    [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/casper-premount"
+    pulsate
+    run_scripts /scripts/casper-premount
+    [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
+
+    # Needed here too because some things (*cough* udev *cough*)
+    # changes the timeout
+
+    set_usplash_timeout
+
+    if [ ! -z "${NETBOOT}" ]; then
+        if do_rootnetmount ; then
+            livefs_root="${mountpoint}"
+        else
+            panic "Unable to find a the network rootfs live file system"
+        fi
+    else
+        # Scan local devices for the image
+        for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13; do
+            livefs_root=$(find_livefs $i)
+            if [ -n "${livefs_root}" ]; then
+                break
+            fi
+            sleep 1
+        done
+    fi
+
+    if [ -z "${livefs_root}" ]; then
+        panic "Unable to find a medium containing a live file system"
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "${TORAM}" ]; then
+        live_dest="ram"
+    elif [ -n "${TODISK}" ]; then
+        live_dest="${TODISK}"
+    fi
+    if [ -n "${live_dest}" ]; then
+        [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Copying live_media to ${live_dest}"
+        copy_live_to "${livefs_root}" "${live_dest}"
+        [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
+    fi
+
+    mount_images_in_directory "${livefs_root}" "${rootmnt}"
+
+    log_end_msg
+
+    if [ "${DEBUGCASPER}" = y ]; then
+        echo "Some Tests before continue (press 'exit' to continue) ?"
+        sh
+    fi
+
+    maybe_break casper-bottom
+    [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/casper-bottom"
+
+    pulsate
+    run_scripts /scripts/casper-bottom
+    [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
+
+    if [ "${DEBUGCASPER}" != y ]; then
+        exec 1>&6 6>&-
+        exec 2>&7 7>&-
+        cp casper.log "${rootmnt}/var/log/"
+    fi
+}
diff -Naur casper-1.81/scripts/casper-helpers casper-1.81nfs/scripts/casper-helpers
--- casper-1.81/scripts/casper-helpers	2007-03-14 14:24:41.000000000 +0100
+++ casper-1.81nfs/scripts/casper-helpers	2007-03-14 14:26:39.000000000 +0100
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@
 
 find_cow_device() {
     pers_label="${1}"
+    local mountpoint="${2}"
+
     cow_backing="/${pers_label}-backing"
     for sysblock in $(echo /sys/block/* | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -v loop); do
         for dev in $(subdevices "${sysblock}"); do
@@ -192,6 +194,30 @@
             fi
         done
     done
+
+    # try some paths from the same server we mounted root fs :
+    # - <rootServer>:<rootPathDir>/<hostname>
+    # - <rootServer>:<rootPathDir>
+    # with rootPathDir = parent directory of Casper's binary path
+    local rootPathDir=$(dirname ${NFSROOT})
+    local server=$(echo ${NFSROOT} | cut -d: -f1)
+    local host=$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/hostname)
+    local nfspath
+
+    if [ -z "${mountpoint}" ] || [ -z "${$NETBOOT}" ]; then return 1; fi
+
+    for nfspath in ${rootPathDir}/${host}/${pers_label} \
+                   ${rootPathDir}/${pers_label} ; do
+        local path=$(echo ${nfspath} | cut -d: -f2)
+        [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && \
+            log_begin_msg "Trying to find cow device on net path ${nfspath}" >&2
+        if do_netmount "${nfspath}" "${mountpoint}" "-o rw"; then
+            echo "nfs"
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+
+    return 1
 }
 
 find_files()
@@ -220,3 +246,54 @@
 }
 
 
+# Note : merge of do_netmount() [without net config], do_nfsmount()
+# and do_cifsmount()...
+do_netmount() {
+    local    netroot=$1
+    local mountpoint=$2
+    local  mountopts=$3
+
+    rc=1
+
+    # if NETBOOT is not set or not nfs, first try CIFS (Samba) :
+    if [ ! -z "${NETBOOT}" ] && [ "${NETBOOT}" != "nfs" ] && \
+        [ -x "/sbin/mount.cifs" ]; then
+        if [ -z "${NFSOPTS}" ]; then
+            CIFSOPTS="-ouser=root,password="
+        else
+            CIFSOPTS="${NFSOPTS}"
+        fi
+
+        _log_msg "Trying mount.cifs ${netroot} ${mountpoint} ${CIFSOPTS}..."
+        modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" cifs
+
+        if mount.cifs "${netroot}" "${mountpoint}" "${CIFSOPTS}"; then
+            rc=0
+            log_success_msg "Mounted ${netroot} as ${mountpoint}"
+        fi
+    fi
+    if [ ${rc} = 0 ]; then return ${rc}; fi
+
+    # try NFS if CIFS failed
+    modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" nfs
+### FIXME: ??? Do nothing, isn't it ???
+###  if [ -z "${NFSOPTS}" ]; then
+###      NFSOPTS=""
+###  fi
+
+    _log_msg "Trying nfsmount -o nolock ${mountopts} ${NFSOPTS} ${netroot} ${mountpoint}"
+    # FIXME: This for loop is an ugly HACK round an nfs bug
+    # FIXMETOO: which one ?
+    for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13; do
+        if nfsmount -o nolock ${mountopts} ${NFSOPTS} "${netroot}" "${mountpoint}"; then
+            rc=0
+            NETBOOT="nfs"
+            export NETBOOT
+            log_success_msg "Mounted ${netroot} as ${mountpoint}"
+            break
+        fi
+        sleep 1
+    done
+
+    return ${rc}
+}
diff -Naur casper-1.81/scripts/casper-helpers~ casper-1.81nfs/scripts/casper-helpers~
--- casper-1.81/scripts/casper-helpers~	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ casper-1.81nfs/scripts/casper-helpers~	2007-03-14 14:23:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+## Casper helper functions, used by casper on boot and by casper-snapshot
+
+if [ "${BUILD_SYSTEM}" == "Ubuntu" ]; then
+    MP_QUIET="-Q"
+else
+    MP_QUIET="-q"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x "/bin/fstype" ]; then
+    # klibc not in path -> not in initramfs
+    export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/lib/klibc/bin"
+fi
+
+sys2dev() {
+    sysdev=${1#/sys}
+    echo "/dev/$(udevinfo -q name -p ${sysdev} 2>/dev/null|| echo ${sysdev##*/})"
+}
+
+subdevices() {
+    sysblock=$1
+    r=""
+    for dev in "${sysblock}" "${sysblock}"/*; do
+        if [ -e "${dev}/dev" ]; then
+            r="${r} ${dev}"
+        fi
+    done
+    echo ${r}
+}
+
+get_fstype() {
+    local FSTYPE
+    local FSSIZE
+    eval $(fstype < $1)
+    if [ "$FSTYPE" != "unknown" ]; then
+        echo $FSTYPE
+        return 0
+    fi
+    /lib/udev/vol_id -t $1 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+where_is_mounted() {
+    device=$1
+    if grep -q "^$device " /proc/mounts; then
+        grep "^$device " /proc/mounts | read d mountpoint rest
+        echo $mountpoint
+        return 0
+    fi
+    return 1
+}
+
+lastline() {
+    while read lines ; do
+        line=${lines}
+    done
+    echo "${line}"
+}
+
+base_path ()
+{
+    testpath="${1}"
+    mounts="$(awk '{print $2}' /proc/mounts)"
+    testpath="$(busybox realpath ${testpath})"
+
+    while true ; do
+        if echo "${mounts}" | grep -qs "^${testpath}" ; then
+            set -- `echo "${mounts}" | grep "^${testpath}" | lastline`
+            echo ${1}
+            break
+        else
+            testpath=`dirname $testpath`
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+fs_size ()
+{
+    # Returns used/free fs kbytes + 5% more
+    # You could pass a block device as $1 or the mount point as $2
+
+    dev="${1}"
+    mountp="${2}"
+    used="${3}"
+
+    if [ -z "${mountp}" ]; then
+        mountp=$(where_is_mounted "${dev}")
+        if [ "$?" -gt 0 ]; then
+            mountp="/mnt/tmp_fs_size"
+            mkdir -p "${mountp}"
+            mount -t $(get_fstype "${dev}") -o ro "${dev}" "${mountp}"
+            doumount=1
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ "${used}" = "used" ]; then
+        size=$(du -ks ${mountp} | cut -f1)
+        size=$(expr ${size} + ${size} / 20 ) # FIXME: 5% more to be sure
+    else
+        # free space
+        size="$(df -k | grep -s ${mountp} | awk '{print $4}')"
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "${doumount}" ]; then
+        umount "${mountp}"
+        rmdir "${mountp}"
+    fi
+    echo "${size}"
+}
+
+setup_loop() {
+    local fspath=$1
+    local module=$2
+    local pattern=$3
+    local offset=$4
+
+    modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" -b "$module"
+    udevsettle
+
+    for loopdev in $pattern; do
+        if [ "$(cat $loopdev/size)" -eq 0 ]; then
+            dev=$(sys2dev "${loopdev}")
+            if [ -n "$offset" ]; then
+                losetup -o "$offset" "$dev" "$fspath"
+            else
+                losetup "$dev" "$fspath"
+            fi
+            echo "$dev"
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+    panic "No loop devices available"
+}
+
+try_mount ()
+{
+    dev="${1}"
+    mountp="${2}"
+    opts="${3}"
+
+    if where_is_mounted ${dev} > /dev/null; then
+        mount -o remount,"${opts}" ${dev} $(where_is_mounted ${dev}) || panic "Remounting failed"
+        mount -o bind $(where_is_mounted ${dev}) ${mountp} || panic "Cannot bind-mount"
+    else
+        mount -t $(get_fstype "${dev}") -o "${opts}" "${dev}" "${mountp}" || panic "Cannot mount ${dev} on ${mountp}"
+    fi
+}
+
+find_cow_device() {
+    pers_label="${1}"
+    local mountpoint="${2}"
+
+    cow_backing="/${pers_label}-backing"
+    for sysblock in $(echo /sys/block/* | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -v loop); do
+        for dev in $(subdevices "${sysblock}"); do
+            devname=$(sys2dev "${dev}")
+            if [ "$(/lib/udev/vol_id -l $devname 2>/dev/null)" = "${pers_label}" ]; then
+                echo "$devname"
+                return
+            elif [ "$(get_fstype ${devname})" = "vfat" ]; then # FIXME: all supported block devices should be scanned
+                mkdir -p "${cow_backing}"
+                try_mount "${devname}" "${cow_backing}" "rw"
+                if [ -e "${cow_backing}/${pers_label}" ]; then
+                    echo $(setup_loop "${cow_backing}/${pers_label}" "loop" "/sys/block/loop*")
+                    return 0
+                else
+                    umount ${cow_backing}
+                fi
+            fi
+        done
+    done
+
+    # try some paths from the same server we mounted root fs :
+    # - <rootServer>:<rootPathDir>/<hostname>
+    # - <rootServer>:<rootPathDir>
+    # with rootPathDir = parent directory of Casper's binary path
+    local rootPathDir=$(dirname ${NFSROOT})
+    local server=$(echo ${NFSROOT} | cut -d: -f1)
+    local host=$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/hostname)
+    local nfspath
+
+    if [ -z "${mountpoint}" ] || [ -z "${$NETBOOT}" ]; then return 1; fi
+
+    for nfspath in ${rootPathDir}/${host}/${pers_label} \
+                   ${rootPathDir}/${pers_label} ; do
+        local path=$(echo ${nfspath} | cut -d: -f2)
+        [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && \
+            log_begin_msg "Trying to find cow device on net path ${nfspath}" >&2
+        if do_netmount "${nfspath}" "${mountpoint}" "-o rw"; then
+            echo "nfs"
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+
+    return 1
+}
+
+find_files()
+# return the first of $filenames found on vfat and ext2 devices
+# FIXME: merge with above function
+{
+    filenames="${1}"
+    snap_backing="/snap-backing"
+    for sysblock in $(echo /sys/block/* | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -v loop); do
+        for dev in $(subdevices "${sysblock}"); do
+            devname=$(sys2dev "${dev}")
+            devfstype="$(get_fstype ${devname})"
+            if [ "${devfstype}" = "vfat" ] ||  [ "${devfstype}" = "ext2" ] ; then # FIXME: all supported block devices should be scanned
+                mkdir -p "${snap_backing}"
+                try_mount "${devname}" "${snap_backing}" "ro"
+                for filename in ${filenames}; do
+                    if [ -e "${snap_backing}/${filename}" ]; then
+                        echo "${devname} ${snap_backing} ${filename}"
+                        return 0
+                    fi
+                done
+                umount ${snap_backing}
+            fi
+        done
+    done
+}
+
+
+# Note : merge of do_netmount() [without net config], do_nfsmount()
+# and do_cifsmount()...
+do_netmount() {
+    local    netroot=$1
+    local mountpoint=$2
+    local  mountopts=$3
+
+    rc=1
+
+    # if NETBOOT is not set or not nfs, first try CIFS (Samba) :
+    if [ ! -z "${NETBOOT}" ] && [ "${NETBOOT}" != "nfs" ] && \
+        [ -x "/sbin/mount.cifs" ]; then
+        if [ -z "${NFSOPTS}" ]; then
+            CIFSOPTS="-ouser=root,password="
+        else
+            CIFSOPTS="${NFSOPTS}"
+        fi
+
+        _log_msg "Trying mount.cifs ${netroot} ${mountpoint} ${CIFSOPTS}..."
+        modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" cifs
+
+        if mount.cifs "${netroot}" "${mountpoint}" "${CIFSOPTS}"; then
+            rc=0
+            log_success_msg "Mounted ${netroot} as ${mountpoint}"
+        fi
+    fi
+    if [ ${rc} = 0 ]; then return ${rc}; fi
+
+    # try NFS if CIFS failed
+    modprobe "${MP_QUIET}" nfs
+### FIXME: ??? Do nothing, isn't it ???
+###  if [ -z "${NFSOPTS}" ]; then
+###      NFSOPTS=""
+###  fi
+
+    _log_msg "Trying nfsmount -o nolock ${mountopts} ${NFSOPTS} ${netroot} ${mountpoint}"
+    # FIXME: This for loop is an ugly HACK round an nfs bug
+    # FIXMETOO: which one ?
+    for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13; do
+        if nfsmount -o nolock ${mountopts} ${NFSOPTS} "${netroot}" "${mountpoint}"; then
+            rc=0
+            NETBOOT="nfs"
+            export NETBOOT
+            log_success_msg "Mounted ${netroot} as ${mountpoint}"
+            break
+        fi
+        sleep 1
+    done
+
+    return ${rc}
+}
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