On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, John Tyner wrote: > I have kind of a crazy idea for a filesystem driver and I would like some > input on its feasability, usefulness, whether I'd be reinventing the > wheel, etc. > > I'm having some issues with read-only filesystems, and I was thinking that > it would be nice to be able to change that filesystem on the fly by > adding/removing/editing a few files and having the kernel keep track of > these changes in memory... kind of a ramfs overlayed on top of the > read-only filesystem. > > Is this even possible? Is it a good/bad/neither idea? Where would I start? I think you're thinking of union mounts. Cheers, Zwane Mwaikambo -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
