[sdiy] bootable linux cd

[metasonix]

>There are industrial (and possibly other) m/b's available that allow 
>booting from compact flash cards. It's a techinque that is used by 
>*BSD and Linux based firewall builders to provide a locked, fast 
>booting os which also avoids having to install a hard drive. I'm sure 
>the methodology could be expanded upon to provide plugable boot 
>environments.

That's nice, but where's the $99 PC you can buy at any corner
grocery store, with no disk drives or moving parts at all? 
Just a row of USB ports or somesuch. 

Operating system on one memory dongle, your work files on 
another, etc.....boots up in a few seconds.

Why can't I buy one??? It's not fair!! I HATE subsidizing
hard-drive manufacturers! Their products self-destruct....



uncle eric
metasonix.com