Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 11:37:08 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu>, Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com>, Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>, Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl>, Jonathan Mini <j_mini@efn.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: One-floppy FreBSD + rich networking Message-ID: <19980122113708.07925@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199801220050.LAA00403@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Thu, Jan 22, 1998 at 11:20:24AM %2B1030 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980121164621.14765B-100000@dale.salk.edu> <199801220050.LAA00403@word.smith.net.au>
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On Thu, Jan 22, 1998 at 11:20:24AM +1030, Mike Smith wrote: >>> Not to mention the rather attractive security and reliability implications >>> of running off of a read-only medium. >> >> Can FreeBSD run from read-only media? Aren't there some files in /etc >> that need to be writable at run-time? > > I think it's pretty close. You need a writable /var & /tmp, but apart > from /etc/motd there doesn't appear to be anything else. You can even get away without a writeable /var if you're prepared to put up with some minor annoyances. I run my test machine with a read-only /usr to speed up reboots after panics. Of course, there's no reason why you shouldn't use mfs for those odds and ends which need to be writeable. Greg
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