On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 02:15, Dan Williams wrote: > So, I can't remeber if anybody mentioned this, but: > > How about using config info stored on a USB keydriver? A relatively > simple GUI app could dump the config information to one/multiple > keydrives which could then be plugged into the machine when it boots up, > and an initial installation program would get values from the keydrive. > Could optionally encrypt the data on the drive since the OS image from the > server would certainly have the keys to decrypt the info on the keydrive. Great idea. Imagine being able to bring your identity/keys/config info on a USB stick to a conference, or a branch office of your company, or hotel room. There are laptops in the conference rooms for you to do a presentation, or public machines for you to work on. Insert the bootable USB stick, it boots a minimal kernel in RAM then sets up a VPM to the Stateless Linux server back in your department/office. Installs to the laptop and you are off. Hopefully the shutdown sequence does a sync back to the server. I blue-skyed the idea of bringing a complete distro on a large USB stick at the UKUUG meeting this year. This is a much better concept. No more lugging laptops about.
