Re: [osol-discuss] Help building a File server

2008-06-01 Thread David M Singer
If we were to write-protect the SD card, would that then protect the boot track from viruses? We can't write protect CF cards or thumb drives (not that I can find on mine, anyway), but the SD cards come with a sliding tab on the edge (just like the 3.5 floppies did). David This message

Re: [osol-discuss] Help building a File server

2008-05-20 Thread Justin Gombos
* Brandon High [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-05-19 19:30]: On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:24 PM, vijay Rajah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm planning to install the OS from a USB stick to a USB stick !!. Is this possible?. If so, can you give me some pointers. I used a device similar to this when

Re: [osol-discuss] Help building a File server

2008-05-20 Thread Lu Baolu
It's definitely possible. The easiest way is to use the Indiana LiveCD. Also, it's possible to run a minimal solaris on a USB stick. The glancing procedures are: 1. make a usf filesystem on the stick 2. dump the cpio image from bfu archive 3. copy some critical files 4. install grub, set the

[osol-discuss] Help building a File server

2008-05-19 Thread vijay Rajah
Hello all, I'm planning to build a file server based on opensolaris. Since this would be just a file server and nothing else i'm not planning to have a cd/dvd drive. Also I don't want to use space from my hard disk to install the OS. I'm planning to install the OS from a USB stick to a USB