Tim Wood wrote:
> Continuing this thought- if MarkMC's dm-snapshot-merging
patch was in the
> kernel, there could be a button in the live session, such that at any
> point
> _long after_ the installation, the user could _opt_ to 'fold in' their
> live-session modification. (i.e. hitting the button triggers a
> dm-snapshot-merge of the tmpfs overlay into the
> install-destination-drive).
Hmmm... I'm going to play devil's advocate. The standard linux boot
process --at least with Redhat, CentOS and SUSE-- is for a minimal Kernel
to start that can just do enough to mount a real filesystem and load the
real kernel. It then hands over control to the real kernel and dies.
Until this post I was assuming --silly me :-)-- that this discussion was
about something similar. Since the cluebat didn't get me on this one, can
someone explain the difference?
Actually, what you are describing is the process of booting a
_hibernated/suspended_ linux system. Which is really quite orthogonal to
everything I have been discussing. (he says with fingers crossed wondering how
a rebootlessly installed system will handle hibernating (before itss first
reboot)... I think my brain will explode if I try to think about that before
just seeing if it works without a problem)
-dmc/jdog