> > That's why I suggested using linux - there everything is available, and > > there'll even be new drivers as needed over time :-) > > Yes, in this respect your are right. Everything would be much easier with a > normal linux kernel. But you would have to repartition your harddisk in > order to install a bootprotection ( except you start a installation from > scratch ). Maybe one could combine both methods: boot a minimal linux > kernel with build in smartcard authentication from any filesystem with grub > which again boots the final OS ? That's of course possible. Or you may have the last cylinder free; there'll be some place free.
In the worst case you could resize a partition - which should be fast and painless if you need just one cylinder, which amounts to about 8MB on most harddisks ... If you don't have this space you'll have a problem in every case - where do you put your pre-boot-executable for authentication? after the mbr and before the first partition you likely have 62 sectors free - that is 32kB ... not much space for gui, USB, serial, smart card and reader drivers ... So yes, I believe using grub and an existing filesystem to boot from should be enough. Regards, Phil _______________________________________________ Muscle mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.musclecard.com/mailman/listinfo/muscle
