Dear Robert, in message <Pine.LNX.4.61.0503171011220.20335 at localhost.localdomain> you wrote: > > now this is the sticky part. imagine this system out in the field, > where you need to make an update to something in the initrd in the > root filesystem.
This is the szenario where an overly filesystem enters the stage. See http://www.denx.de/e/news.php#MINI_FO Note that the overlay filesystem was developed specifically for this purpose; it has been in production use in some telecom products for over a year now. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de Only in our dreams we are free. The rest of the time we need wages. - Terry Pratchett, _Wyrd Sisters_