Unionfs installed on hd?

**ethyr2000** · 07-13-2006, 05:51 AM

I don't believe that the unionfs configuration is present on the hd install. However, is the unionfs kernel module and utilities installed?

Thanks for the help.

**Zrebel** · 07-15-2006, 04:40 AM

sounds redundant to me... but you never know till you try i guess. some of the uses for unionfs are "unified source tree management... merged separate software package directories, data grids, and more."(http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/project-unionfs.html) these things look somewhat specialized. I would think that if your using knoppix for these things you would be compiling your own kernel in a couple of months anyways, so why bother? Right?

**ethyr2000** · 07-16-2006, 05:15 PM

I'm not sure how stable the unionfs system is.. or if it will become a part of the kernel tree that quickly. I just want to know of the unionfs.ko is present in a knoppix hd install. Also when knoppix installs, is it an uncompressed image or does it do a poor man's install with a compressed image? I've got a unique system using a CF (8GB) for a hd. I just don't want to burn up the CF with writes in the process.

**Zrebel** · 07-16-2006, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by ethyr2000

is it an uncompressed image or does it do a poor man's install with a compressed image?

choice is yours, make up your own method if you want. The installer scripts give a short explaination, details found in the wiki i think.

Originally Posted by ethyr2000

I've got a unique system using a CF (8GB) for a hd. I just don't want to burn up the CF with writes in the process.

CF... Compact Flash Card? I think they come with a lifetime or something like 5yr warrenty don't they? flashmemorystore says they have lifetime warrenty. "most commercially available flash products are guaranteed to withstand 1 million programming cycles" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory so I don't think you will hurt your drive with a few installs of knoppix.