[GNUz] Voyage setup part2: read-only

[Steve Holdoway]

It's designed for CF - read only systems. Any permanent changes need to be made in /ro/... ( where you'd normally find it ), and they're copied across at bootup.

HTH,

Steve
On Tue, 23 May 2006 12:38:09 +1200
Rik Tindall <ask@infohelp.co.nz> wrote:

> Howdy. The networking is sorted now, with wlan0 untested but looking 
> good. But it's a slow process until I gain write permission over the 
> install. /root/ is the only area I've noticed where I can so far save 
> work. So here's the process used - can anyone spot the fault?:
> 
> # cd /dev/hda9[Xandros]/rm * -R
> # cp ~/voyage-0.2.tar.gz voyage-0.2.tar.gz

> # tar -xvf voyage-0.2.tar.gz [creates folder: voyage-0.2]
> # mv voyage-0.2/* /dev/hda9/
> 
> That put the filesystem into place, and it boots ok using:
> 
> title		Voyage Debian GNU/Linux 0.2 (on hda9)
> root		(hd0,8)
> systemmap	/boot/System.map-2.6.15-486-voyage
> kernel		(hd0,8)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-486-voyage root=/dev/hda9 rw
> 
> I've checked all the ownerships and permissions, but still cannot 
> edit-save the configuration files I own as root. What's up please?
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
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