Gordon Bos wrote: > Craig Caughlin wrote: > >> 1.)If you're using the Bering-uClibc CD, how do you make changes and then >> back those up? >> > You'll need writeable media ;) > Although deprecated the 3.5" floppy disks are still a good choice > because of their write inhibit switch. The only other media I know to > have this by default are SD flashcards but these may prove to be a lot > harder to implement. > The next time I rebuild I'd use a USB key with a write-protect switch instead of my current CD & floppy - AFAIK the write-protect switches on these things are as 'non-overrideable' as the write-protect switch on a floppy.
This might be a helpful ebay search to find USB key-fobs that have the somewhat rare 'external write-protect switch' feature: http://computers.search-desc.ebay.com/usb-write-protect-flash_Drives-Storage_W0QQcatrefZC12QQdfspZ32QQfromZR40QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQftsZ2QQsabfmtsZ1QQsacatZ165QQsaobfmtsZinsifQQsatitleZusbQ20Q22writeQ20protectQ22Q20flash Some observations from my experience since I'm on the topic: I use the syslinux advice in setting up my USB as a harddrive (i.e. having a master boot record and partition table) and then creating a FAT partition in slot 4 (i.e. in Linux's fdisk I create a new primary partition, and create "Partition Number" *4*) [ http://syslinux.zytor.com/usbkey.php ] Even if your USB fob is larger, limit the size of the partition you create to be 250MB or smaller for greatest boot-from-USB compatibility (i.e. older hardware - P3, P4 single-core, etc sometimes won't boot from a partition larger than 250MB) Good luck! scott ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/