I should also point out that the old "Linux Router Project" has been superceded by efforts off knoppix and others to create "small" distros that are fully capable of booting from USB/CF/etc in support of new bios features like those found in the Mini-ATX/ITX motherboards.
The PODS project (www.pods.hawaii.edu) has been playing with the iTuner platform and now going to a Mini-ITX motherboard to create embedded systems with no moving parts. We're also playing the Medallion (www.techsol.ca) that is a wonderful system, but since it uses toolchain (lots of utils in a single executable) it does have quite a learning curve associated with it. (The familier distro is similar but is setup for the iPaq) I just donated a whole bunch of the old N!C (new internet computers) that was a failed effort by Larry Ellison (oracle fame) to create a super cheap (back in the days of $700 for the cheapest computers) cdrom based system. At $200/each it was a good effort, but the report from the latest HOSEF effort to use these for PXE boot on LTSP turned sour. However, a customized knoppix cdrom should still be examined since it is nominally designed to boot from cdrom. /brian chee University of Hawaii at Manoa Department of Information and Computer Sciences Advanced Network Computing Laboratory (ANCL) 1680 East-West Road, Room 311 Honolulu, HI 96822 Voice: 808-956-5797 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian J.S. Chee, CNE/CNI http://ancl.ics.hawaii.edu On Sun, 18 Sep 2005, Charles Lockhart wrote: > Are you looking for something that would boot from bios, or boot from an > installed bootloader? > > What USB support is there for such a thing in your standard bios? How about > in grub? When I tried doing installing Centos to a usb drive and then using > it as a portable os, I stopped when I realized I didn't know how to boot to > it. And never got around to looking at it again. > > I think it's a cool idea, in the same way that knoppix is cool, or linux on > a floppy is cool. I don't know if you could sell it, but maybe worth a try. > > What's a "SAGE" group? > > -Charles > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list > http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau >
