--- trunk/installer-simple/bin/installer.sh.in	2016/01/21 14:40:55	2929
+++ trunk/installer-simple/bin/installer.sh.in	2016/02/03 11:00:35	2930
@@ -40,6 +40,25 @@
 	fi
 done
 
+# fetch cmdline
+for argv in $*
+do
+	case $1 in
+		--liveroot) shift; cmdliveroot="$1" ;;
+		--imageroot) shift; cmdimageroot="$1" ;;
+		--installroot) shift; cmdinstallroot="$1" ;;
+		--filesystem) shift; cmdformatfilesystem="$1" ;;
+		--help)
+			echo "$0 options:"
+			echo " --liveroot [path]     - override default liveroot"
+			echo " --imageroot [path]    - override default imageroot"
+			echo " --installroot [path]  - override default installroot"
+			echo " --filesystem [fstype] - override default filesystem used to format the disk"
+			exit 0 ;;
+	esac
+	shift
+done
+
 ### System/Config Version
 VERSION="%VERSIONTAG%"
 TITLE="${DEFAULT_TITLE} - ${VERSION}"
@@ -47,9 +66,24 @@
 # initialize global variables so they are exportable
 # some sane defaults
 INSTALL_METHOD=""
-LIVEROOT="${DEFAULT_LIVEROOT}"
-IMAGEROOT="${DEFAULT_IMAGEROOT}"
-INSTALLROOT="${DEFAULT_INSTALLROOT}"
+if [[ -n ${cmdliveroot} ]]
+then
+	LIVEROOT="${cmdliveroot}"
+else
+	LIVEROOT="${DEFAULT_LIVEROOT}"
+fi
+if [[ -n ${cmdimageroot} ]]
+then
+	IMAGEROOT="${cmdimageroot}"
+else
+	IMAGEROOT="${DEFAULT_IMAGEROOT}"
+fi
+if [[ -n ${cmdinstallroot} ]]
+then
+	INSTALLROOT="${cmdinstallroot}"
+else
+	INSTALLROOT="${DEFAULT_INSTALLROOT}"
+fi
 KERNELPKG="${DEFAULT_KERNELPKG}"
 KERNELOPTS="${DEFAULT_KERNELOPTS}"
 GRUBLEGACYOPTS=""
@@ -57,7 +91,12 @@
 FDISKPARTIONBELOW256MB=0
 SPECIALDEVICE=""
 FORMFACTOR="${DEFAULT_FORMFACTOR}"
-FORMAT_FILESYSTEM="${DEFAULT_FILESYSTEM}"
+if [[ -n ${cmdformatfilesystem} ]]
+then
+	FORMAT_FILESYSTEM="${cmdformatfilesystem}"
+else
+	FORMAT_FILESYSTEM="${DEFAULT_FILESYSTEM}"
+fi
 FLASHDISK=0
 
 # TOTALLINES=linecount of ${CDIMAGENAME}-tarball -1 !
@@ -154,7 +193,6 @@
 run_hardware_detection()
 {
 	local hwinfo
-	
 	hwinfo="$(hwinfo --bios --storage --pci --gfxcard --sys)"
 
 	# check for special devices/clients: