Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Basically, you'd setup the computer in whatever config you want, tell Deepfreeze, or whatever program, to lock and then no changes to the hard drive can happen from there, and if it crashes, restart and it's back to it's original state.
-----Original Message----- From: Trever Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:51 AM To: Jonathon Johnson Cc: LOPSA Discusion List Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Automated system deployment w/API or SDK, for x86 servers On 21-Apr-09, at 4:33 AM, Jonathon Johnson wrote: > Have you looked into a program like Deepfreeze (if I remember right)? > Mostly used by kiosk cafes and such but basically from what I > understand, it keeps prevents and system changes from sticking when > engaged. Any changes made are kept on a seperate part of the disk and > when the computer is restarted, all changes are erased and the > original OS config is loaded. > I'll take a look. There are any number of different images that are in use though. > I don't know if its possible, but what about replacing the explorer > gui with a virtualized PC? We already have virtual out the ying yang. The physical systems are needed for things that can not easily be virtualized as of yet or for performance reasons where the image has databases and other io or cpu intensive bits. Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE
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