[CentOS] Install to internal USB?

Sat Nov 9 12:11:31 UTC 2013
Arun Khan <knura9 at gmail.com>

On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 4:13 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote:
> On 11/9/2013 2:40 AM, Arun Khan wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 4:31 AM, Jim Wise<jwise at draga.com>  wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >How close is Centos (or the upstream) to being able to run with all but /var and /tmp readonly?
>>> >
>> Don't know about CentOS.  However there is Voyage Linux (derivative of
>> Debian) that runs from an 'ro' filesystem + 'rw' files in ramfs.
>
> you could use the centos liveCD as a basis for a ramdisk image ...
>

It is a thought.

However, for low storage (256MB CF), low mem (256MB), slower cpu (<
500 MHz) - VoyageLinux is a good fit.  One can remount / 'rw' make the
config changes, to make the changes persistent and then remount 'ro'.

-- Arun Khan