Hi all, I was wondering if it possible to have a Centos LiveCD installation boot from a Compact Flash in a embeded x86 (Wrap/Alix) platform *and* be able to save the changes made to the File System back to the Flash memory. So, the next time the LiveCD boots it will have all the changes made. The problem I'm trying yo solve is: - fast boot time - fast recovery when the Linux is shutdown improperly (power failure, etc) - be able to upgrade some rpm packages via yum Will a LiveCD (squash/union FS) be a better solution than booting Centos directly from an ext2(fewer I/O than ext3) partition? Many thanks in advance Oliver -- Oliver Schulze L. Asuncion - Paraguay http://tinymailto.com/oliver
Stephen John Smoogen
2008-Aug-10 18:44 UTC
[CentOS] Writable Centos LiveCD on Embeded Linux?
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Oliver Schulze L. <oliver at samera.com.py> wrote:> Hi all, > I was wondering if it possible to have a Centos LiveCD installation boot > from > a Compact Flash in a embeded x86 (Wrap/Alix) platform *and* be able to > save the changes made to the File System back to the Flash memory. >You would need to really hack at it to get it to that. The ability to do that did not get into Fedora until 9 so its part of the init scripts or the livecd tools to make an overlay partition.> So, the next time the LiveCD boots it will have all the changes made. > > The problem I'm trying yo solve is: > - fast boot time > - fast recovery when the Linux is shutdown improperly (power failure, etc) > - be able to upgrade some rpm packages via yum > > Will a LiveCD (squash/union FS) be a better solution than booting Centos > directly from an ext2(fewer I/O than ext3) partition? > > Many thanks in advance > Oliver > > -- > Oliver Schulze L. > Asuncion - Paraguay > http://tinymailto.com/oliver > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-- Stephen J Smoogen. -- BSD/GNU/Linux How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"