Is it possible to setup read-only root ?

[Joe Zeff]

On 07/01/2012 10:23 AM, John Wendel wrote:
> Extra security is certainly a plus. My main reason for wanting to run a
> read-only root it to avoid wearing out the consumer grade compact flash
> card that I'm using as my root device (yes, I'm cheap).

I'd suggest, then, using a distro that doesn't update as frequently as 
Fedora.  /sbin is on the root device and you'd need to set it to rw 
every time one of its programs gets updated.  Also, if you're using 
Fedora, have a separate /boot that's not on that card to make kernel 
updates easier.