Andrew Errington wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone on the list made their own boot CD? > > I want to do the following on a laptop with no hard drive: > > 1) Boot from CD > 2) Load X > 3) Mount an NFS share > 4) Start a slideshow of image files found on the share > > That's it. > > I just spent some time replacing the CCFL in a laptop display, and that, > plus the guts of the laptop, will be installed within a picture frame to > make a 'walltop' or live photo frame. Yes, all the cool kids were doing > that last year... > > I decided I don't need a hard drive, but I can't do a remote boot from a > PCMCIA card, and I certainly don't want to bother with a floppy. I suppose > I could try and boot from a USB stick, but I don't think the old laptop > BIOS supports it. > > The whole thing should be silent- once the CD spins down there will only be > the occasional whine of the CPU fan. Also, no need for an orderly > shutdown- just pull the plug. Turning it on again might be tricky though, > I don't think the BIOS has 'boot after power failure'. > > Anyone tried it? Knoppix used to be the best base for this sort of > roll-your-own project. Is there anything easier/better now? > > Thanks in advance, > > Andrew > I recently replaced the HDD in an old notebook PC with a 512MB compact flash card and a 2.5" to CF adaptor. Not cheap: the adapter was $20 including postage from a crowd in Australia, and flash cards of a useful size are $40 or more.
But it boots quickly and is eerily quiet: not a sound to be heard as it starts up. Stephen ======================================================================= This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or lost by reason of this transmission. If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no other act on the email. Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been altered or corrupted during transmission. =======================================================================
