In a message dated 7/10/01 11:35:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Then we had another idea. Create a lockable boot media
> (cdrom, jazz, orb, etc) with a minimal install (w/ strict fire
> wall rules in place). Once it boots have
> it set up a big RAM disk. Then it would run the appropriate
> mknod commands to setup /dev and copy all the files to the appropriate
> place and unmount/eject the removable media
>
> If any changes are made to the existing memory based file
> system, it doesn't corrupt the original. If a reboot is forced, any
> changes are lost.
>
If you have the system on read only media (write-protected floppy,
CDROM) you don't have to copy everything to ramdisk.
With enough ram, it will all be in disk buffers, which are harder to hack,
and wouldn't slow things down, if enough is in the buffers.
The only ramdisk used would be for actual temp files.
Bob Sparks
Linux mouth
Disclaimer: These are my opinions, and nobody else's.
I keep trying to give them to my employer, but ...
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