On Thu January 3 2008 09:06, Raoul Bhatia [IPAX] wrote: > as it is possible to boot a whole linux system from network with no local > harddisk (pxe should be the keyword), i see no issue with that besides > being a little more complicated for updates :) (as you need to patch the > file on the server and re-pack it - afairc) > Actually, I want to make updates easier than the factory setup - - The machine ships with unionFS overlaying / within the init script - - Which protects their software install from inadvertent change - - It also prevents the user from making intentional changes - - I want to convert mine from a "tech toy" into a for-real, personal computer. > please tell us about your progress! > Progress can be followed here: http://eee-developers.com Mike > cheers, > raoul > > On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 08:30:42 -0600, "Michael S. Zick" <mszick@morethan.org> > wrote: > > Group, > > > > A somewhat abstract question today ... > > > > The usual protocol for a kernel booting with an initial ramFS (early > > userspace); > > is for the setup and whatever initialization be done in the ramFS image; > > then switch_root (which removes the initial ramFS contents) to the "run > > time" > > storage media (yea, everyone here knows that) ... > > > > But the size of a truly minimal VServer host image (logging, sshd, ntpd, > > network tables) > > is not very big (target system is a mini-laptop (EeePC) with at least > > 0.5Gb ram) - - > > Why "switch_root" for the host? > > Why not just bring up the first (most likely only) user context as a > > vserver on the > > run-time media - let the host context continue to run in ramFS? > > > > Technically, it looks like it should work - - > > Anybody tried this sort of setup? Any practical problems encountered? > > Of course, this setup would hold a few Mbytes of disk buffers out of the > > pool, > > but the machine has a lot of ram, I don't think they would be missed. > > > > Mike