On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Jim Pingle <li...@pingle.org> wrote: > On 12/11/2009 12:22 PM, Paul Mansfield wrote: >> can you do overlay file systems on freeBSD, so that the base OS and >> config is read-only and you overlay a read-write file system at a very >> late stage in booting IF that overlay is uncorrupted? >> >> when you've made changes to config, if the worst happens simply boot >> without the overlay > > You can with unionfs. I'm not sure how well it's working these days in > practice. (As far as being production ready for everyday use as opposed > to used in the installer, etc)
Well, it didn't take long for this conversation to go over my head. I've got some work to do to learn about overlay filesystems and unionfs. I do love a good learning project. db --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
