>Michael Keuter wrote: >>> Since upgrading to 0.6.2, partitioning my flash disk and running >>> genunion I am now not only able to make ordinary configuration changes >>> sticky but the root password too. >>> >>> The trouble is however that if your mobo only supports a single hard >>> disk channel, having multiple partitions does not really help. If the rw >>> partition wears out it might as well all be on the same partition > >> anyway, as the whole flash module will need changing. > > > > You have still the possiblity to use an extra USB-Stick for the > > Keydisk (genkd script). >> > >I was not aware that it was possible to make the root password sticky >using genkd, perhaps I missed something. I understood this needed >genunion. Genunion on a USB-stick was a non starter for me - the >USB-stick could not be detected at boot-up. Possibly a timing issue.
No that's the wrong way. Before running genunion run genkd /dev/sd (your USB-Stick). Check with "fdisk -l". Reboot then. Now run genunion and at the second question say "NO". Reboot again. http://www.astlinux.org/node/30 >Even if it were possible to host all config on a physically separate >device, if the pbx is logging lots of calls and is expected it to be >industrial strength then the storage of this on flash is probably its >Achilles heel, and could significantly affect the maintenance costs. > >Mart Michael -- Email: mailto:mkeu...@web.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.