Re: Running OS from CD

["Jan B. Koum " <jkb () best com>]

On Sat, Dec 19, 1998 at 03:19:18PM -0800, Firewalls <Firewalls () exchange ware net> wrote:
> Has anyone succeeded in running a secured linux kernel from CD or other
> read only media? Are there any FAQs, or tips on this? I guess a flash
> disk is also a possibility. 
>
> I realize there's a performance penalty for this, but it seems that most
> of the executable code would wind up in RAM pretty quick (which I
> recognize isn't read only) but it sure seems a lot safer. 
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lance Ware
> WareNet
> http://www.ware.net/
> 949-367-9862
> 949-348-8668 fax 



        I know a few folks who were able to do this with a
        FreeBSD system. They placed /tmp and /var/tmp into
        memory via MFS (memory file system). FreeBSD kernel
        even has
options         "CD9660_ROOT"           #CD-ROM usable as root device
        for things like this. 

-- Yan