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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">You could modify the process to use a
      read-only NFS drive for the system files, configs, etc and then
      use a MFS drive for the logs and anything that doesn't need to
      "hang around".<br>
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      The bootstrap could be done via flash/sdcard/usb with it loading
      everything over the network.  Almost like a PXE booted system.<br>
      <br>
      -Stacy<br>
      KG7QIN<br>
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      On 10/10/2015 12:54 PM, Steven Donegan wrote:<br>
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        <div dir="ltr">Ahh, yes RAM is very limited. And even if you
          added SPI based RAM getting either platform to run off of it
          would be a challenge. Perhaps boot from SD and then copy to
          USB attached storage and run from there? This would make
          booting much slower but may result in the same basic result...<br>
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          Donegan<br>
          KK6IVC General Class FCC License<br>
          Silver State Car #86<br>
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                size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b>
                ronald simpson <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:n6gkj1@gmail.com"><n6gkj1@gmail.com></a><br>
                <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
                Steven Donegan <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:donegan@donegan.org"><donegan@donegan.org></a> <br>
                <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> App
                RPT Users <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org"><app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org></a>; Steve
                Mahler <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kizzy@lusfiber.net"><kizzy@lusfiber.net></a> <br>
                <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b>
                Saturday, October 10, 2015 12:47 PM<br>
                <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
                Re: [App_rpt-users] DIAL Distribution Question<br>
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                  <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444316976919_105831" dir="ltr">I
                    don't believe this method could work for BBB or RPi
                    as neither of those boards have sufficient RAM to
                    use my process.</div>
                  <div dir="ltr">I use 4gb ram. I split the RAM into
                    hard drive and operation ram.</div>
                  <div dir="ltr">2gb hard drive and 2 gb operations ram.</div>
                  <div dir="ltr">If you were to take DIAL and basically
                    turn it into LIMEY you could probably do it. But you
                    would be giving up much.</div>
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                    <div class="yiv5803776811gmail_quote">On Oct 10,
                      2015 12:36 PM, "Steven Donegan" <<a
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                      wrote:<br clear="none">
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                            Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue,
                            Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande,
                            sans-serif;font-size:16px;">This sounds like
                            an excellent security architecture. If
                            integrated into DIAL then it should(?) make
                            it's way to the BBB and Pi builds. After
                            that a script to lock down root and firewall
                            rules may be all that is left to be done...<br
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                            <div>Steven Donegan<br clear="none">
                              KK6IVC General Class FCC License<br
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                              Silver State Car #86<br clear="none">
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                                        style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b>
                                    ronald simpson <<a
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                                    <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b>
                                    Steve Mahler <<a
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                                    <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Cc:</span></b>
                                    App RPT Users <<a
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                                    <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b>
                                    Saturday, October 10, 2015 12:31 PM<br
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                                    <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b>
                                    Re: [App_rpt-users] DIAL
                                    Distribution Question<br
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                                      <div dir="ltr">I am having great
                                        success running a full ACID
                                        install from a ram drive.</div>
                                      <div dir="ltr">My machines run 4gb
                                        RAM no hard drive. I boot from a
                                        flash drive into the RAM Drive.
                                        My configs are stored in a 2nd
                                        partition on the flash drive. </div>
                                      <div dir="ltr">My /etc/fstab
                                        mounts the 2nd partition to
                                        /mnt.</div>
                                      <div dir="ltr">My configs are
                                        copied from /mnt/etc/asterisk to
                                        /etc/asterisk every time the
                                        machine reboots.</div>
                                      <div dir="ltr">I like this
                                        approach for many reasons. The
                                        main one being file system
                                        integrity. If my flash drive
                                        dies I replace it with a back
                                        up.</div>
                                      <div dir="ltr">The whole node runs
                                        from ram. I have no glitches. If
                                        my system gets hacked nothing is
                                        permanent, rebooting cleanses
                                        the file system.</div>
                                      <div dir="ltr">If anyone wants
                                        more info just ask.<br
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                                        I will share my work with anyone
                                        who asks...</div>
                                      <div dir="ltr">This will NOT run
                                        on a BBB or RPi</div>
                                      <div dir="ltr">This build is for a
                                        dual core Intel. Specially the
                                        Atom processor. But should run
                                        on any dual core processor.</div>
                                      <div dir="ltr">I run this build in
                                        my HP T5745 THIN CLIENTS.</div>
                                      <div dir="ltr">The filesystem is
                                        1.7gb compressed down to about
                                        450mb.</div>
                                      <div dir="ltr">I use a 2gb flash
                                        drive and have lots of room left
                                        over</div>
                                      <div dir="ltr">My next project is
                                        to rebuild this system using
                                        DIAL.</div>
                                      <div dir="ltr">73,<br clear="none">
                                        Ron N6GKJ</div>
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                                        <div>On Oct 9, 2015 6:46 AM,
                                          "Steve Mahler" <<a
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                                            have a new AllStar node in
                                            development.  I grabbed the
                                            DIAL ISO and attempted to
                                            overwrite my fairly virgin
                                            ACID distribution. After
                                            complaints about buffering
                                            the install hardware search
                                            functions started.  The
                                            network started (IPV6 and
                                            IPV4).  The disk partitioner
                                            started but them complained
                                            that there was "No Root File
                                            System".<br clear="none">
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                                            This is a Dell 960 with dual
                                            250 GB drives.  But, they
                                            are configured in the disk
                                            controller as a RAID 1
                                            appearance (I did my ACID
                                            install as RAID 1).  Does
                                            the DIAL distribution allow
                                            for RAID Controllers?<br
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                                            ...STeve - KF5VH<br
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