At the moment this only works with the root volume
on nfs as well. If we add a switch to configure the
network early in the boot process then this option
could be made available for other root mediums. This
option works reliably on the latest kernel 2.6.23.1
On earlier kernels I experienced frequent oopses.
This option allows you to expose the root read only. Using
this option a person could upgrade the root filesystem or
add packages without requiring the user to reboot. The root
filesystem could be kept on an nfs volume or some other
persistent medium. Multiple clients could then be booted off
the same root fs. I used LTSP as a template to determine which
directories to make rw.
Daniel Baumann
Jesse Hathaway