0008093: Request for new method for overlay/persistence for iso boot

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0008093	Kali Linux	[All Projects] Feature Requests	public	2022-12-09 16:03	2022-12-09 16:03

Reporter	vkrishn	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	feature	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	new	Resolution	open
Product Version	kali-dev
Target Version		Fixed in Version

Summary	0008093: Request for new method for overlay/persistence for iso boot
Description	Hi, I have been using this modified init script for knoppix-8.6.0 for sometime now, code: https://github.com/insteps/scripts/tree/master/knoppix/860 Currently its being used in usb method, but a similar approach would make it usable via cdrom-boot too. Would be nice if devs looked at it and see if something similar possible for kali. One can avoid write of iso to usb to start with customization. Instead just boot the iso, which will detect drive/usb-drives and look for eg. a folder 1. knoppix<versionum> and layer union-mount a. files like <knoppix><num>.sf4 contained in it (readonly) b. OR/AND mount the folder <knoppix><num>.d itself eg /mnt/sda1/KNOPPIX860.sf4/KNOPPIX4.sf4 /mnt/sda1/KNOPPIX860.d/KNOPPIX4.d With this method added I could just download the full-iso, boot and start adding as needed. It has helped me to add persistent changes and layer them over, even remove/re-add them later. Thanks.