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
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 09:11:52AM -0400, Daniel Dickinson wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:04:31 -0400
> "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 03:12:08PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > wrote:
> > However, consider: as things stand now, only root can alter files
>
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:04:31 -0400
"Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 03:12:08PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > I don't *need* things read-only. I would just rather not *need* to
> > have my root filesystem read write.
> >
> > I gave some reasons abo
* 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 b
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 05:32:22PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote:
> n Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:04:31PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 03:12:08PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > I don't *need* things read-only. I would just rather not *need* to
> > > have my root fil
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 05:32:22PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote:
> n Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:04:31PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 03:12:08PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > I don't *need* things read-only. I would just rather not *need* to
> > > have my root fil
n Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:04:31PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 03:12:08PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I don't *need* things read-only. I would just rather not *need* to
> > have my root filesystem read write.
> >
> > I gave some reasons above for why I would li
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 03:12:08PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I don't *need* things read-only. I would just rather not *need* to
> have my root filesystem read write.
>
> I gave some reasons above for why I would like to be able to crontrol
> if and when the root filesystem is subject t
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 10:52:22AM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 01:40:01AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > The need to have the root filesystem mounted r/w annoys me too. My
> > ideal scenario is to be able to have everything read-only except /home
> > (for user file
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 01:40:01AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The need to have the root filesystem mounted r/w annoys me too. My
> ideal scenario is to be able to have everything read-only except /home
> (for user file modification) and /var (for all files the system wants
> to modify). It'
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 01:40:46AM +0200, Kim N. Lesmer wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:18:08 -0400
> 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?
>
> No. You have a lo
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:18:08 -0400
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?
No. You have a lot of other stuff to think about such as /var/log
and /tmp.
Perhaps you sho
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:18:08PM -0400, Daniel Dickinson 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?
You are requesting something like this
in the boot loader, use the kernel option
init=/pre-init.sh
where
Is it possible to have /etc on a separate partition from / (root) so
that root can be read-only while /etc is read-write?
Regards,
Daniel
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And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early,
now I have the rest of the afternoon to sniff fragrant tea-roses or
strangle cute
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