* _none_ (the word itself) specifies that no overlay will be used, such as when
an uncompressed, writable live root filesystem is available.
+
-If a persistent overlay __is detected__ at the standard LiveOS path, the
-overlay & overlay type detected, whether Device-mapper or OverlayFS, will be
-used.
+If a persistent overlay __is detected__ at the standard LiveOS path,
+and rd.live.overlay.overlayfs is not set to 1, the overlay type (either
+Device-mapper or OverlayFS) will be detected and it will be used.
--
+
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overlay can extend the available root filesystem storage up to the capacity of
the LiveOS disk device.
+
-If a persistent overlay is detected at the standard LiveOS path, the overlay &
-overlay type detected, whether OverlayFS or Device-mapper, will be used.
-+
The **rd.live.overlay.readonly** option, which allows a persistent overlayfs to
be mounted read-only through a higher level transient overlay directory, has
been implemented through the multiple lower layers feature of OverlayFS.