>>> On 1/28/2009 at 9:04 PM, Richard Troth <vmcow...@gmail.com> wrote: -snip- > We had to assume that every step had to be walked > through, and the distributors don't specifically support this idea > (yet).
Yes and no. While it's not an officially supported configuration, the release notes for SLES10 document how to do it on Intel/AMD. (Not sure why it isn't part of the System z release notes.) Read-Only Root Filesystem It is possible to run SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Service Pack 2 on on a read-only root filesystem. Due to the huge number of possible configurations, this is currently not a supported scenario. The /tmp and /var/tmp directories needs to be on a seperate partition and cannot be mounted read-only. After the installation has finished and all services are configured, login as root and do the following modifications: Modify /etc/fstab and add "ro" to the mount options of the root filesystem entry. rm /etc/mtab ln -s /proc/mounts /etc/mtab mkdir /var/lib/hwclock mv /etc/adjtime /var/lib/hwclock ln -s /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime /etc/adjtime # the following two steps are only necessary if you use dhcp: mv /etc/resolv.conf /var/lib/misc/ ln -s /var/lib/misc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf # Now mount root filesystem read-only and reboot mount -o remount,ro / reboot Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390