In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >It's trivial to have /usr read-only, but I have problems with the root >partition: > > - It has to contain /etc since it's required at early boot time to run rc > scripts > - /etc has to be read-write since you have to be able to change passwords, add > and remove users, configure samba shares via swat, update adjtime, mtab and > so on. > >What's The Right Way (tm) to have / mounted read-only?
My diskless package (I just uploaded 0.3.2 to master today) does what you want (but for diskless systems). It diverts /sbin/init to /sbin/init.orig, and installs a shell script in place of /sbin/init. This shell script mounts /etc from an NFS server. The only file that might be required beforehand is /etc/resolv.conf, but this is not even required if you give the IP address of the NFS server. Other solutions, such as booting from a ramdisk may also be possible, but I haven't personally tried this. -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
