hello
I'd like the fetch option of debian-live to untar the contents of the fetched
file into a tmpfs and use this tmpfs as the root filesystem. Is this possible?
I'd imagine being able to run:
lb config -b netboot \
--distribution stable \
--parent-mirror-bootstrap http://localhost:3142/debian \
--parent-mirror-binary http://localhost:3142/debian \
--parent-mirror-binary-security http://localhost:3142/security \
--parent-mirror-chroot-security http://localhost:3142/security \
--bootappend-live "debug=1 fetch=tftp://10.0.2.2/filesystem.tgz
boot=live" \
--exposed-root true
sudo lb build
kvm -m 3G -boot n -net nic -net user,tftp=$PWD/tftpboot,bootfile=/pxelinux.0
and have live-boot untar filesystem.tgz into a tmpfs and to use this tmpfs as
the rootfs.
At the moment I use fetch=tftp://10.0.2.2/filesystem.squashfs and I don't see
what aufs gives me in this situation. With aufs if I delete a file it still
uses memory (because it is in a the squash file which is loopback mounted). If
/ was just a tmpfs, deleting a file would reduce the memory use.
Has anyone done this before? Does it seem reasonable? What files would I have
to change to make this happen?
I'd also need to be able to control the size of the tmpfs for the root
filesystem.
thanks for any help
Stuart
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