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I have been working on something similar to this. It should be possible, but |
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will take work. Things you might like to read up on are: initrd (initial |
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ramdisks), MTD (Linux kernel support for memory devices), and booting with |
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grub. |
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What kind of hardware are you thinking of using? GCT Allwell |
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(http://www.allwell.tv) makes some cool x86 based appliances. |
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Feel free to email me directly about stuff that is off topic for Gentoo |
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Linux. This list, I'm sure, can provide some practical information about |
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Gentoo on devices. |
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Matt |
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On Thursday 04 April 2002 10:50 am, Todd wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> Hi, |
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> Does Gentoo boot from CD-ROM and or Flash drives. Can this be done? |
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> I am trying to make a Web Appliance, needing Netscape, Shockwave and |
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> Flash/real player, for handicap children, ages 2-10 years old. It needs to |
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> be a low MB image roughly 200MB or lower to accommodate this. I would like |
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> to have one run only with CDROM and one with 2.5"Flash drives. Is this |
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> possible? And if it is please let me know which product I need to buy! |
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> Thanks! |
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> Todd Maxwell |
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> Office 770-509-9030 |
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> tmaxnet@××××××××××.com |