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Re: Running OS from CD
From: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb () best com>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 18:57:39 -0800
On Sat, Dec 19, 1998 at 03:19:18PM -0800, Firewalls <Firewalls () exchange ware net> wrote:
Has anyone succeeded in running a secured linux kernel from CD or other read only media? Are there any FAQs, or tips on this? I guess a flash disk is also a possibility. I realize there's a performance penalty for this, but it seems that most of the executable code would wind up in RAM pretty quick (which I recognize isn't read only) but it sure seems a lot safer. Thanks, Lance Ware WareNet http://www.ware.net/ 949-367-9862 949-348-8668 fax
I know a few folks who were able to do this with a FreeBSD system. They placed /tmp and /var/tmp into memory via MFS (memory file system). FreeBSD kernel even has options "CD9660_ROOT" #CD-ROM usable as root device for things like this. -- Yan
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