-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gordon, nowadays there are a lot of SD-Cards which have this kind of switch some of them can be bought with an usb adapter. What about using this sort of equipment?
Regards Giovanni Gordon Bos wrote: > I'm thinking syslinux can boot from USB and the Bering distribution does > include an initrd with USB support. > > But the whole point of having a floppy bootable system is that you can > write inhibit floppy disks. Therefore, IF someone hacks into your system > he can never make any permanent changes. Regretfully most flash memory > devices out there don't incorporate such a write inhibit switch. > > Gordon > > Joep L. Blom wrote: >> As more and more system on the market don't have any floppy drives >> anymore, wouldn't it be a good idea to make a leaf-distribution that can >> be stored on an USB-stick (e.g. with unetbootin). Of course the BIOS >> must be prepared to use the USB-port to boot from but modern BIOSystems >> can do it. >> Maybe a suggestion to look into? >> Joep >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJpAaF4yUxzYWi6QcRAt1vAJ47X71Y/edE1u9mqobJ9IlvtBmfKwCeNR18 n8k65FhTT2VPc9nkmyIwXJY= =YsD1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
