On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 08:16:32AM +0200, Timo Boettcher wrote: > * Daniel Dickinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it possible to have /etc on a separate partition from / (root) so > > that root can be read-only while /etc is read-write? > Making a read-only root-fs is quite complex. > You didn't write why you do want to do this. If you have a medium that > may break by to many writes (like a flash-disk), you can try mounting > another (tmpfs?) over it with unionfs or aufs (I got better results with > that). If you want to use that as a security feature, it won't work. If > you really want read-only-root, you should have a log at grml-live [1]. > Grml is a debian-based live-cd aimed for advanced users with a focus on > text-tools (no kde, no ooo), and grml-live is its automated build-tool.
Or, closer to Debian: http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/ . -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
