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Alexey Gladkov edited this page Apr 27, 2026 · 1 revision

Feature: overlayfs

Feature adds autodetection support for systems whose root filesystem is mounted through overlayfs.

When the current mount uses filesystem type overlay, the guess logic inspects lowerdir= mount options, discovers the underlying block-backed lower directories, and pulls in the required filesystem and device dependencies for them.

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