From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Michel (BusError) <buildroot.atmel.com@pollet.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:05:50 +0100
Subject: [Buildroot] Anyone know how I can make my Buildroot filesystem
	R/W?
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On Friday 18 April 2008, Sean Perry wrote:
> Arun Reddy wrote:
> > I am so happy that I have my new bootable filesystem created by
> > buildroot! But I noticed when I boot it up I can't write or change
> > anything. Does anyone know how I can make my new system R/W instead of
> > just R?
>
> you need something more than 'mount -o remount,rw /'?

BTW I've ported unionfs to buildroot; that allows to keep the root read-only, 
and make any number of changes on a root file system that appears as 
read-write. You can put the read-write delta on a small partition on a SD 
card or something... Easy to backup, easy to revert, easy to upgrade...

Michel