Re: [HACKERS] Running postgres on a read-only file system

2002-08-30 Thread Rod Taylor
> One more idea, is it possible to "fake" a read-write file system. I.e. > supply the files that postgresql will be looking for? (I know it's a > stretch, but hey, this IS the "hackers" list) :) One of the tricks I use for diskless systems is to mount a ramdrive in a union mount with a read on

Re: [HACKERS] Running postgres on a read-only file system

2002-08-30 Thread Larry Rosenman
On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 16:34, Tyler Mitchell wrote: > > >On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 02:08:59PM -0700, Tyler Mitchell wrote: > >> > >> I know that I need to at least get some more understanding on the > process > >> that takes place. > > >The problem is that PostgreSQL doesn't have a "read only" mode

Re: [HACKERS] Running postgres on a read-only file system

2002-08-30 Thread Tyler Mitchell
>On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 02:08:59PM -0700, Tyler Mitchell wrote: >> >> I know that I need to at least get some more understanding on the process >> that takes place. >The problem is that PostgreSQL doesn't have a "read only" mode. So >you can't really do it this way. Okay, that answers one of

Re: [HACKERS] Running postgres on a read-only file system

2002-08-30 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 02:08:59PM -0700, Tyler Mitchell wrote: > > I know that I need to at least get some more understanding on the process > that takes place. The problem is that PostgreSQL doesn't have a "read only" mode. So you can't really do it this way. Is there a way to make a RAMDI

Re: [HACKERS] Running postgres on a read-only file system

2002-08-30 Thread Tyler Mitchell
>Tyler Mitchell wrote: >> Hi, I couldn't get any good answers off the ADMIN list, can you help me? >> >Or at least not one that you liked, huh ;-) Ooops "good" is a relative term. I should phrase it "I couldn't get any answers that directly met my application needs" :) I know that I need to at

Re: [HACKERS] Running postgres on a read-only file system

2002-08-30 Thread Joe Conway
Tyler Mitchell wrote: > Hi, I couldn't get any good answers off the ADMIN list, can you help me? > Or at least not one that you liked, huh ;-) You won't get a more authoritative answer than you've already gotten. Joe ---(end of broadcast)--- TI

[HACKERS] Running postgres on a read-only file system

2002-08-30 Thread Tyler Mitchell
Hi, I couldn't get any good answers off the ADMIN list, can you help me? I haven't been able to finding information on this, or at least I haven't known the right keywords to search for. We are trying to make a fully contained, CD-runable version of postgres for advocacy purposes. The only prob