[svlug] system with read-only root filesystem

[Karsten M. Self]

on Mon, Jul 01, 2002, Matt Billenstein (matt at vazor.com) wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'd like to setup a system that by default mounts all of its filesystems
> (except for maybe a small ramdisk) read-only so that I can flip the power
> switch off at any time and not have any possiblity of losing data or going
> through an fsck during the next boot.  The machine is going to be an mp3
> player.  Any ideas on setting this up?

http://www.lnx-bbc.org/

Also Knoppix.

You'll lose data if you toggle power, no matter what.  You may be able
to avoid an fsck, but that's a matter of filesystem integrity.  Complex
systems such as databases may be fried in a very bad way (though a
proper ACID database should reduce to the prior case of data loss rather
than integrity loss).

What is the system intended to be used for?  

Peace.

-- 
Karsten M. Self <kmself at ix.netcom.com>        http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
 What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
   Data corrupts.  Absolute data corrupts absolutely.
    -- Ed Self's corollary of Atkinson's Law.
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