Re: running netbsd from flash

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.lip6.fr@localhost>]

On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 12:05:59PM -0400, Greg Kritsch wrote:
> I'm trying to bring a NetBSD system up from a flash memory array, which for
> the time being at least is read only.  I seem to recall seeing some FAQs
> years ago about running with a read-only root partition, but I can't find
> any current references to them.  Can anyone give me any pointers?  I just
> got the boot working from flash the other day, and the problems seem to be
> certain changes in /dev, and obvious problems with /var/run and /tmp.  Oh,
> and the password database was a problem too I think.
> 
> My tentative plan is to union mount a memory disk over the affected
> directories.  Has anyone done this and have any comments about it?  Does it
> work?

I wouldn't use unions, but rather symlinks. unions may work, though.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           
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