Re: Attention ZipSlackers

[Brian Pitt <bfp-at-earthlink.net>]

Hi Matt
I was looking into something else like that (can't remember where)
the biz card CDs are 50Mb and the minis are 185Mb either one would
work for a small embeded EMC distro
but I dont like having to put the config files on a seperate floppy
I'd always be wondering which disk would fail first out on the floor

how about one of these instead (extra long URL)
http://www.flashmemory.com.au/shop/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=3&cat=FlashMemory+Disk+Drives

with a 32-512Mb compact flash card
with a few tricks you could probably trim it to <16M like these guys did
http://jailbait.sourceforge.net/

with flash you have to keep writes to a reasonable minimum so no swap
and some files and directorys have to get moved/linked to ram disks
but it's workable and there are no moving parts to worry about

oh yea ,and one of these (another extra long URL)
http://www.flashmemory.com.au/shop/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=21&cat=USB+Key+Drives
as a sneaker-net upgrade ;-)

Brian



On Sunday 03 February 2002 21:11, you wrote:
> I've been following the Slackware thread recently and wanted to point
> you folks to an interesting distribution that could be the basis of a
> "boot from CD" version of the EMC:
>
> http://www.lnx-bbc.org/
>
> This disk boots and mounts all available partitions, ext, fat, etc.
>
> Just a thought...
>
> Matt