RalfGesellensetter wrote: > Dear list, > > as opposed to Windows installations, I am glad needing no hardware protection > to secure the dual boot Skolelinux installation. > > On the other hand, I observe cases where the non-protection shows > disadvantages: Especially in school labs, it happens that machines are turned > off during booting or running. In these cases, the Linux installation can run > into trouble - at least ckdsk is necessary. > > I am quite sure that it whould be possible to mount /usr and /boot ro. > As logs go to tjener, even /etc and /var could be kept non-writable. > > Another approach would clone the technique of Protector hardware, simulating > a > transparent layer on the hard disk that will be gone after reboot. Same thing > is used by unionfs: Knoppix makes CD-ROM partition seemingly writable by > merging in a RAM-Disk. > > I believe if we find a simple (KISS!) way to implement a mostly r-o > Workstation, this would be much more robust in school settings.
I believ this is what the next version of ltsp is dooing. with unionfs on top of nbd block device. If i am correct this is allready working. Ronny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
