That would be the first thought. Both MMC and the full size SD cards have the write inhibit switch. Only problem is that I don't know of any card reader that allows booting from the inserted flash memory.
So to us this you'd need one of those IDE to CF adapters and then insert a CF to SD adapter. That would make the SD memory act like it's an IDE disk. For a stand-alone solution this would probably be the best way to do it. Myself I use a CDRW to boot from and currently still have a floppy drive attached to store changes. From time to time I rewrite the CDRW with the new config files from the floppydisk. I hardly make any changes anymore though and the next change will probably be switching over to PXE boot. Gordon Giovanni Franza wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Gordon, > nowadays there are a lot of SD-Cards which have this kind of switch > some of them can be bought with an usb adapter. > What about using this sort of equipment? > > Regards > > Giovanni > > Gordon Bos wrote: >> I'm thinking syslinux can boot from USB and the Bering distribution does >> include an initrd with USB support. >> >> But the whole point of having a floppy bootable system is that you can >> write inhibit floppy disks. Therefore, IF someone hacks into your system >> he can never make any permanent changes. Regretfully most flash memory >> devices out there don't incorporate such a write inhibit switch. >> >> Gordon >> >> Joep L. Blom wrote: >>> As more and more system on the market don't have any floppy drives >>> anymore, wouldn't it be a good idea to make a leaf-distribution that can >>> be stored on an USB-stick (e.g. with unetbootin). Of course the BIOS >>> must be prepared to use the USB-port to boot from but modern BIOSystems >>> can do it. >>> Maybe a suggestion to look into? >>> Joep >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA >> -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise >> -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation >> -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user >> Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ >> >> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFJpAaF4yUxzYWi6QcRAt1vAJ47X71Y/edE1u9mqobJ9IlvtBmfKwCeNR18 > n8k65FhTT2VPc9nkmyIwXJY= > =YsD1 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Gordon Bos Q-RY Solutions Martinus Nijhofflaan 2 2624 ES Delft The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0)15 256 4035 Fax: +31 (0)15 256 4074 Q-RY Solutions is distributeur van Pervasive Software en draagt zorg voor consultancy, levering, ondersteuning,installatie en training. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
