Try this link :-)

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=57754&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=boot+usb+disk&sid=a226cea30b235aba314b2f23fe783b8a



Ian Truelsen wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:52:41 -0500
gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

  
a while back i modified an old gentoo 1.2 install cd to do just that. 
and yes, it's considerably more secure (ie. even if a rootkit gets
intalled, a reboot reverts everything back to normal).

    
That was my thinking.

  
the biggest problem i ran into though was software upgrades etc.  if a
new version of iptables came out, or (gods forbid) a new kernel,
upgrading had to take place on another machine in a chroot and then
re-burned.  ...and then my box started spontaneously kernel-panicking.

    
I don't think that I would be inclined to do a lot of upgrades, except
for security. The machine that I am using for it at the moment takes
about a week to build anything, so I have become quite circumspect about
doing any software upgrades.

My chief worry is about making changes to my firewall script but I may
use a read only floppy for that.

  
i now have a normal computer for a router.

    
But normal is so dull :)

  

Reply via email to