Dev1 Galaxy Forum / overlay-root

Re: overlay-root

dummy@example.com (rbit) — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:44:40 +0000

I use overlay-boot on several servers now. A couple different configurations -- mainly using overlayfs, one is using a loop image file with drbd. In fact just this last weekend I updated my installation of overlay-boot -- it was a bit outdated. There's now a SHARE option that will bind-mount, which I've also found helpful for my use case. In my overlay-boot configuration, the subhost's LOWER directory is a higher version of devuan than the hosting system (I created it with debootstrap --minbase and added things as needed). For example, on a chimaera host I run daedalus subhosts; on a daedalus host, I run excalibur subhosts. It's taken a bit of trial-and-error getting things set up, but for the most part it's been working well.
Did you have any particular question about overlay-boot?

Re: overlay-root

dummy@example.com (fsmithred) — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:47:29 +0000

I had a build host for live isos that was set up that way, but things got moved around and now I just have a regular VM to work in. I think I let that virtual host go because I couldn't do vnc with it. Other than that, it worked and I didn't notice a difference.

overlay-root

dummy@example.com (Altoid) — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:42:00 +0000

Hello:

Aside from a post post by Ralph Ronnquist from early 2023, I have not seen or read about anyone using it.

Q: anyone using overlayroot?

Asking because I will most probably not upgrade to Excalibur, Daedalus works perfectly well with my ca. 2007 hardware, just like it did with Jesse / ascii onwards.

Best,