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Lots of embedded systems like routers run read only although maybe they're not technically ROM. Usually they mount the root filesystems read only and create som
by nijave 2y ago
Lots of embedded systems like routers run read only although maybe they're not technically ROM. Usually they mount the root filesystems read only and create some small ram disk/tempfs for logs. Persistent settings go to a small NVRAM area
The root filesystem is only written to when you flash a new OS image
- seba_dos1 2y agoThe context of ROM here is "can execute code without putting it in RAM" rather than "code is stored in a read-only memory".