Rushton Martin wrote:
> I'm trying to configure an old 64-bit desktop machine as a client for a
> CentOS server. The client must have no modifiable storage at all so my
> options seem to be:
> 1) Stateless network boot
> 2) Live DVD
>
> I've been looking at the latter route, does anyone know if there is a
> convenient hook so that the live dvd will automatically download and
> execute a file during bootstrapping? I need to have some state, but
> held on the server. If there are any instructions for hacking the
> CentOS live dvd, please point me at them.
Not CentOS, but perhaps you might be interested in LPS
<http://www.spi.dod.mil/lipose.htm>
No mounted storage at all, and built by a team from the US DoD, who
*ought* to be paranoid enough for you. I've put it on a USB key, and have
been saying for a month or so I need to try it (this would be for work,
where I *have* to use a PIV "smart card" to get in from outside).
mark
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