On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:36:05 +0100 Bernd Bartmann <bernd.bartmann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:58:31 -0800, Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:56:36 +0100 Bernd Bartmann <bernd.bartmann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > what's the status in FC4 Test1 for install support to USB storage > > > devices. [] > > Also please pardon me asking, but why would you want this? It sounds like > > a crackpot idea to me. Do you want to have something like Fedoppix on > > a USB flash key? I am very interested to know what is the intended > > application of such install. > The intended application is a completely hard disk and fan-less system > - no rotating parts --> no mechanical problems (broken fans or hdds). > With 4GB and even 8GB CF-Cards and a passively cooled VIA C3 CPU > available it is easy to build such a system as a thin client or > firewall machine. Bernd, thank you for the explanation. You forgot to mention that your CF card is inserted into a USB adapter, but it's documented in the bug. This seems like an imaginative use, so perhaps we ought to support running from those, although I would rather see a special distro for things like these, such as the one in MDK's Small Router project. BTW, I am afraid you may be in for a surprise, as (most) CF cards do not have built-in write levelling and using ext3 on those might cause a premature failure. -- Pete
