1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/live-bottom/43disable_updateinitramfs b/scripts/live-bottom/43disable_updateinitramfs
index 0a434ed..dab2290 100755
--- a/scripts/live-bottom/43disable_updateinitramfs
+++ b/scripts/live-bottom/43disable_updateinitramfs
@@ -22,20 +22,37 @@ esac
 
 . /scripts/live-functions
 
-log_begin_msg "Disabling update-initramfs"
+log_begin_msg "Possibly disabling update-initramfs (useless on a live CD)..."
 
 # live-initramfs script
 
 chroot /root dpkg-divert --add --rename --quiet \
 	/usr/sbin/update-initramfs
 
-cat > /root/usr/sbin/update-initramfs <<EOF
+# Running off a USB disk or other writable media.
+if [ -w /cdrom ]
+then
+
+cat > /root/usr/sbin/update-initramfs << EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+
+update-initramfs.distrib "$@"
+cp /initrd.img /cdrom/live/initrd.gz
+cp /vmlinuz /cdrom/live/vmlinuz
+exit 0
+EOF
+
+else
+
+cat > /root/usr/sbin/update-initramfs << EOF
 #!/bin/sh
 
-echo "update-initramfs is disabled since running on a live CD"
+echo "update-initramfs is disabled since running on read-only media"
 exit 0
 EOF
 
+fi
+
 chmod 0755 /root/usr/sbin/update-initramfs
 
 log_end_msg