Re: [CentOS] Writable Centos LiveCD on Embeded Linux?

2008-08-17 Thread Oliver Schulze L.
Hi Johnny, I was exploring some options to make the embeded platform boot faster. Right now I'm using ext2 partitions(ext3 use more I/O), but when it is shutdown improperly it takes a little to boot(it runs fsck). I was thinking that the LiveCD will help boot faster when the power goes off,

Re: [CentOS] Writable Centos LiveCD on Embeded Linux?

2008-08-11 Thread Johnny Hughes
Oliver Schulze L. wrote: Hi Stephen, thanks for answering. I'm trying to see if I can get a router using an embeded platform, alix in this case. Since the Alix platform is getting more powerfull and the 1GB compatch flash is also getting cheaper, I was think in createing a full Centos distro

Re: [CentOS] Writable Centos LiveCD on Embeded Linux?

2008-08-10 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Oliver Schulze L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I was wondering if it possible to have a Centos LiveCD installation boot from a Compact Flash in a embeded x86 (Wrap/Alix) platform *and* be able to save the changes made to the File System back to the Flash

Re: [CentOS] Writable Centos LiveCD on Embeded Linux?

2008-08-10 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Oliver Schulze L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Stephen, I read about the overlay feature in Fedora9, but I don't know if when the changes to the FS are so big (like going from 5.1 to 5.2) the overlay will grow and grow over time. And the overlay solution will

Re: [CentOS] Writable Centos LiveCD on Embeded Linux?

2008-08-10 Thread Oliver Schulze L.
Hi Stephen, thanks for answering. I'm trying to see if I can get a router using an embeded platform, alix in this case. Since the Alix platform is getting more powerfull and the 1GB compatch flash is also getting cheaper, I was think in createing a full Centos distro booting in that platform.