[Grml] A thought about modules
Michael Prokop
mika at grml.org
Tue Nov 28 17:11:40 CET 2006
* Juergen Fiedler <juergen.fiedler at gmail.com> [20061128 16:39]:
> Maybe it is already there and I just managed to miss it this far; if so, I
> apologize.
> Here is my thought, anyway: Wouldn't it be neat to have modules containing
> data and/or executables that can be added to or removed from the system at
> runtime?
> I tried the following from the 0.8 live CD with a HD mounted on /mnt/hda1:
> -------
[...]
> This creates a squashed filesystem image that can be added to /UNIONFS:
> -------
> root at grml:/root# mkdir -p /mnt/hda1/tmp/mnt/mtx
> root at grml:/root# mount -o loop -t squashfs /mnt/hda1/tmp/mtx.squashfs
> /mnt/hda1/tmp/mnt/mtx
> root at grml:/root# unionctl /UNIONFS --add --after /ramdisk --mode ro
> /mnt/hda1/tmp/mnt/mtx
> -------
> After that, mtx is available for use, just as if it was part of the real
> live CD.
Yes, excellent. :)
> Would something like that be useful for grml? Useful enough to create an
> official set of scripts to create, add and remove such modules?
Yes - something like that is definitely on our todo- and wishlist.
regards,
-mika-
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