read-only filesystems

[Tom Buskey]

On Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at 10:31  AM, Kevin D. Clark wrote:

>
> So, for something I'm working on, it is desirable to have a Linux box
> configured such that most of the filesystems on the box are mounted
> read-only.  Ideally, only /var would be mounted read-write.
>
> Trivially easy, right?  Not entirely...
>

Take a look at the Knoppix distribution.  It runs entirely from CD.  
I've also seen CD based versions of Redhat, slackware, and debian 
before.


> So, again, how have other people solved this problem?
>
> (if it matters, I'm using RH 7.x and 8.x stuff as a base system, so
> now you know the flavor of my init scripts)
>
The RH installation/rescue  CD is a good place to look too.