On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 10:25:31PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote: > root on nfs > root on iscsi There are probably some other networked options. For example root on nbd has been tried here: http://borderworlds.dk/projects/#nr How about copying root into a ramdisk from an ftp/tftp/http server? Someone in a thin-client environment might try something like that. Also: root on encrypted loop. There are several basic encryption options, including (I think) whose module you use. There are lots of ways the key might be acquired: interactively from keyboard, floppy, USB storage, smart card, and so on. -Dave Dodge
