Jason Maas wrote: > Hi Jay, > > On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Jay Lee wrote: > >> -USB Flash Drive connected to motherboard's USB Headers so that it's not >> accessible w/o opening the machine. >> -BIOS configured to boot via USB (this in itself is a big limit on what >> hardware I can use) > > If you're talking about a desktop computer case here then there's an > easier way to do what you want which wouldn't require "boot from USB" > capable hardware: IDE -> flash memory adapter > > Here's one particular IDE -> CompactFlash adapter that I've personally > used to make a custom OpenVPN router from an old PC running a mini-Linux > distro: > > > http://www.acscontrol.com/Index_ACS.asp?Page=/Pages/Products/CompactFlash/IDE_To_CF_Adapter.htm > > They're relatively cheap, very easy to use as the flash memory then > appears as a normal IDE drive to the motherboard, and it can be mounted in > a drive bay so as to be easily accessible, or you could stuff it inside > the case to not be accessible. > > HTH, > Jason > Actually, it appears they even have a version that could be used in a laptop, replacing the laptop's hard drive with a CF card using their adapter:
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