wow, lots of stuff to read and extract from your mails i hope i can at least make myself up to write a summary about all the setup process once it's done.
thanks martin On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:09 PM, Vincent Barus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Martin Marcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > being relatively new to obsd I have the problem of finding the right doc > parts. > > > > What I'm looking for are starting points to read about what to do when > > RO mounting the root fs (and all other parts) especially on CF-media. > > > > So my ultimate target would be to: > > > > * mount as much as possible RO > > * still have system logging available (nfs mounting, logserver, > > whatever suits best - any pointers welcome) > > * main concern is exhaustion of write cycles on CF media > > > > usage of the box will be a home router in the first place and probably > > expanding to a file server and pxe boot server with usb drives > > attached to it for storage. > > > > I am familiar with general (linux) process of RO mounting partitions > > but I don't have any experience with CF cards and read that it's > > probably best to RO mount CF-media. Forgive me the missing/wrong > > terminology but I found just too much infos/howtos with differing tips > > on wether to care about write cycles or not, or special needs to take > > care of with CF media. > > > > Hope it makes sense what I ask for > > > > thanks > > martin > > > > -- > > http://tumblr.marcher.name > > https://twitter.com/MartinMarcher > > http://www.xing.com/profile/Martin_Marcher > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/martinmarcher > > > > You are not free to read this message, > > by doing so, you have violated my licence > > and are required to urinate publicly. Thank you. > > > > > > Jonathan Weiss did a great job writing down his solution on this topic: > > http://blog.innerewut.de/2005/05/14/openbsd-3-7-on-wrap > http://blog.innerewut.de/2005/05/19/openbsd-3-7-on-wrap-revised > http://blog.innerewut.de/2005/06/03/small-update-on-openbsd-3-7-on-wrap > > Even if he used 3.7 his tutorial is still up to date. I use the method > on my pc-engines wrap. > If you want your system to just route your traffic and you don't need > the logs you can just mount everything ro and you are able to pull the > plug if you want your system to shut down :) > Thats what I do, I don't use rsync (mentioned in the tutorial) because > I don't need logs, mail etc. > > But that's only useful if you don't use the router as file server. > > > ~ vb > > -- http://tumblr.marcher.name https://twitter.com/MartinMarcher http://www.xing.com/profile/Martin_Marcher http://www.linkedin.com/in/martinmarcher You are not free to read this message, by doing so, you have violated my licence and are required to urinate publicly. Thank you.
