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The one thing I really like about the ChromeOS is the way it updates. It basically has two root partitions and it updates the one it is currently not booted fro
by RexRollman 13y ago
The one thing I really like about the ChromeOS is the way it updates. It basically has two root partitions and it updates the one it is currently not booted from. I am unaware of any other OS that uses such as scheme.
- stcredzero 13y agoWith advanced file-system technology, it should be possible to load a "shadow image" of the new version of the OS and "commit" it atomically. Smalltalk can be thought of as a very basic sort of OS, and some versions of that had the ability to load as a "shadow" a new version of the class library, then commit it atomically. (Including updates of the part doing the updating.)
- CraigJPerry 13y agoSolaris used to market this concept quite a bit, they called it "Live Upgrade"