> Then we had another idea. Create a lockable boot media
>(cdrom, jazz, orb, etc) with a minimal install (w/ strict fire
>wall rules in place). Once it boots have
>it set up a big RAM disk. Then it would run the appropriate
>mknod commands to setup /dev and copy all the files to the appropriate
>place and unmount/eject the removable media
Yes, this is what the new firewall distrib of Suse does. You have two CDs. One
CD is for booting, the other one is used for configuring it. The configuration
is written to a floppy disk, and when you are done with the configuration, you
can make the floppy write-protected. So the box boots up from CD #1, and
reads the customized config from the floppy. If I remember correctly, the price
of this solution was ~600 $.
--Ferenc
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