[Devil-linux-develop] stuff on CD and memory usage

[Heiko Z. <hz...@pr...>]

Hey folks,

I just checked in a bunch of changes, which free up about 20 MB RAM. Th=
is
means you're able (again) to boot with 64MB.

I was thinking if we should change our initial strategy  on move as muc=
h as
we can onto the CD.

Pro:
- needs less RAM
- more secure (nobody can modify the files)
- easier to support eDL (embedded Devil-Linux or however you want to na=
me
it)
- easier to support booting from USB memory stick or similar.

Contra:
- slower, needs to spin the CD before it can access data
- could "break" some older CD drives (they would fail anyway at some po=
int)
- file/folder access on CD can't be restricted (we could use GRSecurity=
's
RBAC)

Any comments/ideas?

cya
  Heiko
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