On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Oliver Schulze L.
<oliver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
>
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