Re: looking for a model for building CRAMFS(?)-based system

Dear Robert,

in message [off-list ref] you wrote:

now this is the sticky part.  imagine this system out in the field,
where you need to make an update to something in the initrd in the
root filesystem.

This is the szenario where an overly filesystem enters the stage.

See http://www.denx.de/e/news.php#MINI_FO

Note that the overlay filesystem was developed specifically for  this
purpose;  it  has been in production use in some telecom products for
over a year now.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

Dear Robert,

in message [off-list ref] you wrote:

quoted

now this is the sticky part.  imagine this system out in the field,
where you need to make an update to something in the initrd in the
root filesystem.

This is the szenario where an overly filesystem enters the stage.

See http://www.denx.de/e/news.php#MINI_FO

i'd already read that paper a few months back, but wasn't sure if this
was actually being used, or was just a concept idea.  if it's actually
in practise, i'll take another look at it.

rday