If you really wanted to use a usb key, you could boot from a floppy (syslinux, copy syslinux.cfg, vmlinuz, initrd.lrp) and have the rest of the packages on the key. You would need to put the usb storage module (if indeed this is the right module) in initrd.lrp and also have a usb port available on your router Mobo (Mine's an old Intel socket 7 (not super) and has a USB riser)
This would speed up booting a little (how often to you need to reboot?, mine's been running for at least 2 months without trouble) and also allow you to run those big packages like ssh and squid. TTFN Antony Briggs -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Luis.F.Correia Sent: 23 July 2002 18:39 To: Liste de distribution sur LEAF (Adresse de messagerie) Subject: RE: [leaf-user] Bering / USB storage key I can assure you one thing: if you got no reply, that's because no one knew a proper answer. But let me tell you my opinion on the subject: USB booting device is a fairly new thingy. So far I have only seen it on Athlon boards, which are for sure overkill for a router/firewall setup. Instead, I can recommend booting from a Compactflash card which is an IDE device. Thats what I use now. It works, boots very fast, and is supported by all the major boards. I have a very old Socket7 VIA board which drives my router. I am in the process to move to cable/xDSL technology, but since the major providers here in Portugal insist on providing USB modems, I'm reluctant. So, it is best to stay away from any USB technology for the moment. Others may say otherwise, but as I said, this is MY opinion. -----Original Message----- From: Darren Hammond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 10:24 PM To: Blaise Lab; Liste de distribution sur LEAF (Adresse de messagerie) Subject: Re: [leaf-user] Bering / USB storage key Hi I was loosely interested in this and then I noticed that no-one had responded. I don't know much about these devices and I don't have one to test this out on, but I wonder if they operate like the USB CF card readers which use the usb-storage module. Someone has certainly used a USB CF Reader to boot Bering and I've mounted one in Bering in addition to a hard disk. If you already have one of these devices, you might want to try it. The trickiest part might be getting syslinux installed. If you have a linux workstation that recognises one of these devices, then you could use that I guess. If you want to try it and want to know which modules I used, let me know. Darren > > Thanks > > Blaise Lab > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
