On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Dienstag 01 Januar 2008 schrieb Pavel Machek: > > Hi1 > > > > > I would like to request a feature in the Linux kernel that would allow > > > a user to unplug a live read-only root file system which exists on a > > > detachable storage device such as a USB key drive. The desired > > > behavior is that once the same device is reattached to the computer > > > the user can continue work transparently without having to reboot. > > > > > > Having such a feature is becoming more important with advances in > > > detachable solid state drive technology. > > > > Yep, that would be nice.... In fact, patch would be very welcome :-). > > Use the USB persist feature and hibernate. It should work. If you modify > the fs in any way, you'll crash and burn. Unmounting / is harder which you > need if you want to do this safely.
What about people who prefer (for reasons of restart latency or non-availability of swap space) to suspend rather than hibernate? Alan Stern -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
