I'm currently preparing a machine that will be running in a harsh environment (transmitter shed with no decent air con).
I'd like this machine to boot off flash so the only moving things are the fans in the case. I've pretty much settled on Xubuntu which uses xfce as its window manager and sits happily on a 2GB Parallels drive on my test machine. I've got it set up just as I want and I'll be trying an actual install tomorrow.
My question is, given the reluctance to continually write to any type of flash device. Is there anything I should be trying to put in a ramdisk to avoid hitting the flash too often.
This is what's currently mounted on the test system:
Code:
/dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
It appears to me the two most likely candidates (/var/run and /var/lock) appear to mounted from something already. Any recommendations?
The computer itself is one of
these, I have a bunch of them because they're really useful (on board CF and 3 NIC's).
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