What version of LEAF are you planning to use? Bering, Dachstein, Oxygen, ...
Most Leaf distributions load from some media to ram and run from there! That thus remove the worry of /var and /tmp having to be r/w and the rest being R/O! I think you will want to use BERING and it has two good guides and is getting better! Of course you could also boot from a CD-RW, yes it does have a power drain greater than CF but can work. Larry Platzek [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, S Mohan wrote: > Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 19:03:10 +0530 > From: S Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: 'Cass Tolken' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [leaf-user] Newbie > > It is a CF/ Disk on Chip (magicram) that I had in mind. I have also > checked out IDE PC Card drives and they cost approx $80-$100 and seem a > good option. Here again write-protect is an issue. > > I was thinking I'd make partions for /var/log and /tmp which require > write permissions and make the others ro. Any ideas? > > Mohan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Cass Tolken > Sent: 31 July, 2002 6:01 PM > To: S Mohan; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [leaf-user] Newbie > > > --- S Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > My objective: build a secure router/firewall/bandwidth manager system > > preferably without any moving components and a disk/fs component that > > would allow me to make the device read-only thro' physical means e.g. > > tabs, jumpers etc. I intend using a flash 8MB IDE module. I know and > [snip] > > Hi there, > > I'm a newbie myself and I would like to ask a question of you, Mohan. > Could you tell me what kind of device you mean by "a flash 8MB IDE > module" (perhaps a URL to such a device?) Do you mean something > different than Compact Flash to IDE? > > I've searched around with google and also the LEAF mailing list archives > (on the terms "compact flash" and also "write protect") and pretty much > found that CF or an associated IDE adapter cannot be write-protected. I > e-mailed acscontrol.com asking this and they responded "It does not have > write protection. The card is accessed as an IDE device, and if the > write enable is disabled, the cards IDE registers cannot be read." I > asked them to compare their product with: > http://www.hscjpn.co.jp/english/industrial/3-5cf_slot.htm > which offers a jumper for write-protection. They responded "they are > not using the CF card as a hard drive(IDE), they are using it as an > ATAPI device, which can be read only, but only on later bios can be > booted from." > > I did find a Smart Media (which can be write-protected) to IDE adapter > at: > http://www.mesanet.com/diskcardinfo.html > but it's a LOT more expensive than CF to IDE. > > If the device you had in mind is different from CF, I'd really liked to > know about it. > > Thanks a lot! > > -- Cass > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board > for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! > http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board > for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! > http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
