Re: Data directory on read-only media

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
Subject: Re: Data directory on read-only media
Date: 2005-11-21 08:00:58
Message-ID: 200511210900.59214.peter_e@gmx.net
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Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> I've been thinking about running postgres from read-only media. It's
> handy for creating demo CDs etc.

I think that a read-only installation of PostgreSQL would be a very poor
demonstration of its capabilities. Better put the data in a RAM disk.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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