[Voyage-linux] Loading entire root filesystem into ram

[Leon Woestenberg]

Hi all,

Rasjid Wilcox wrote:
> For any anyone interested, I have found a way to load a running
> instance of voyage linux into ram, all while connected over ssh.  It
> means that you can reflash or even repartition the CF card remotely.
>
> The instructions are written for a WRAP box, but could be varied for
> something else.  When I get time I'll put this up on the wiki.
>   
I have kexec working, well not that is was hard to add.

This means that after an update, you would be able to boot the new 
kernel directly from the old kernel.
No reboot necessary.

Regards,

Leon.