On Friday 12 September 2003 22:54, George Toft wrote:
> I'm looking to create a NMP (No Moving Parts) firewall based on LEAF.
> To accomplish this, I need something to replace the floppy drive, or an
> alternate boot device. This something needs to be mountable/unmountabl=
e
> like a floppy.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
DiskOnChip is available with an IDE interface: unplug a hard drive,=20
plug-in a DiskOnChip.
For cost, however, an IDE-to-CF adapter and a Compact Flash device m=
ight=20
be more economical. Burning the CF can be handled through a USB-to-CF ada=
pter=20
(which is real cheap). Of course if the target system will boot from USB,=
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that may be the only adapter needed.
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Ed Skinner,
ed@flat5.net,
http://www.flat5.net/