Freeze SO Linux, it's possible?

[rpowersau at gmail.com]

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Chris Mohler <cr33dog at gmail.com> wrote:

> Was thinking of something like:
>
> Install System into /
> Initial "freeze:" Rsync / to a separate partition, and then remount
> read-only
> To "thaw" use rsync to copy from the read-only partition back to /
> (and delete any new files on / - see man rsync)
>
> An admin could mount the partition, and use chroot to install/upgrade
> software if needed.
>
> cron comes into play if you want to "thaw" every night - wiping out
> any changes...
>
> Of course there are some sticky bits here - wiping /home (or not),
> skipping /proc, etc. - but unless I am missing something, that should
> get the job done.


That sounds good. If you try it, let us know if there are any hiccups.


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Russ
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