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Originally Posted by beakmyn
Spilt: Two different machines here
Fstab Issues Picture Frame:
The filesystem is currently a single EXT3 partition for everything*
except the pictures which are on a second ext3 partition. Under normal circumstances the system will boot run feh and that's it. If I want to do anything else with it I'll manually remount the filesystem.
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It's a bit complicated then. By default, some directories need to be writable: /etc (ldconfig), /var (logs,cron), /tmp (X). You could use a shmfs for them.
First thoughts:
- Boot into runlevel 1 (lilo: "linux 1" at the prompt, grub: edit (e) the boot line, add a 1). Runlevel 1 is minimal, and partitions should be mounted read-only.
- Try to launch your apps.
- Use shmfs to setup writable directories. linux 2.6 can move dir with mount, else it's going to be messy (I can't think of anything else than a loop file).
- When you get something working, time to figure out and set up a new runlevel.
- Use a swap partition. Anyway it gets ditched at reboot, and since you are using a ram disk, it might get useful.
I'll burn the DSL later, and see what happens...