Re: Read-only root (/) except /etc
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 08:16:32AM +0200, Timo Boettcher wrote:
> * Daniel Dickinson <cshore@wightman.ca> wrote:
> > Is it possible to have /etc on a separate partition from / (root) so
> > that root can be read-only while /etc is read-write?
> Making a read-only root-fs is quite complex.
> You didn't write why you do want to do this. If you have a medium that
> may break by to many writes (like a flash-disk), you can try mounting
> another (tmpfs?) over it with unionfs or aufs (I got better results with
> that). If you want to use that as a security feature, it won't work. If
> you really want read-only-root, you should have a log at grml-live [1].
> Grml is a debian-based live-cd aimed for advanced users with a focus on
> text-tools (no kde, no ooo), and grml-live is its automated build-tool.
Or, closer to Debian: http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/ .
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