Chewy@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoBooting Linux off of Google Driveersei.netexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1200arrow-down1external-linkBooting Linux off of Google Driveersei.netChewy@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 3 months agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareAdrien Jussak@piaille.frlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months ago@Chewy7324 It seems be fun but the latency should be terrible 😅
minus-squareevidences@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoLatency isn’t the only issue. it’s slow, symbolic and hard linking don’t work correctly, and permissions and attributes aren’t recorded.
minus-squareJolteon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoYou could have a secondary layer that tarred every file on write, since tar maintains permission flags. It could also fix symbolic linking, but not hard linking. As an added benefit, it would drastically reduce the usefulness of the system.
minus-squareferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoOnce it all gets to ram, you should be just fine
@Chewy7324 It seems be fun but the latency should be terrible 😅
Latency isn’t the only issue.
You could have a secondary layer that tarred every file on write, since tar maintains permission flags. It could also fix symbolic linking, but not hard linking. As an added benefit, it would drastically reduce the usefulness of the system.
Once it all gets to ram, you should be just fine