[libvirt-users] read-only rootfs for lxc containers

[Chris Haumesser]

Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> Hmm, so your actual filesystem on the host side is read only ?

Yup, mounting a squashfs in RAM.

> I'll have to think about how to make it work when the host
> FS itself is readonly. Probably have to define some location
> that is guarenteed to exist, instead of trying to create a
> '/.oldroot' location ourselves.


I suppose so, yes. What is the purpose of .oldroot? When I switch to a
rw filesystem, I see that .oldroot gets created, but it is just an empty
directory.


Cheers,


-C-
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