[Ralf Gesel|ensetter] > As write access should mainly go to NFS mounted home directory, isn't it > possible to mount local drives (except swap) r/o ? This could save > forced fsck after crude power offs - and prolongue the system' live > until re-install, too (easily done from CD if there is no dual boot > solution)
I suspect everything except /var/ and /tmp/ can be read-only. To avoid writing to /var/, some configuration changes are needed. But yes, you idea should work. Making knoppix-like live CDs with the workstation profile should work as well, if the files fit on a compressed CD. > To have a better syncing: how about mounting /etc/apt if not /etc > from tjener:/skole/workstation/etc or the like? Alternatively some > "pull" script could load recent stuff from some space on tjener > (rsync or fai?) The plan is to use cfengine for this, by setting up a pull mechanism to pull in cfengine rules from the main server. This system is not written yet.
