Re: Overlay writable filesystem over r/o partition [long]

Michael Elizabeth Chastain (mec@shout.net)
Tue, 6 Jan 1998 17:08:25 -0600

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Someone a long time ago said:
> This allows you to, for instance, compile a kernel on a mounted cdrom
> drive, where the object files would be written onto the union fs over
> layed on it.

Well, foo, I can do *that* in user space already.

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