Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:35:15 +0200 (CEST) From: Nick Hibma <n_hibma@van-laarhoven.org> To: Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com> Cc: "freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org" <freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB "Memorybird" quirks Message-ID: <20020411083427.F31033-100000@heather.van-laarhoven.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020209080221.057c9ec0@mail.Go2France.com>
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That requires BIOS support for booting from USB and that already is available. The problem then is to make the kernel switch from booting from /dev/fd0 to /dev/da0, because that is what the 'real' device will appear at. Good luck :-) Nick On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Len Conrad wrote: > > >I think that would be a very good idea. The boot software > >issue is negligible, because there aren't any USB devices > >you can boot from. > > Is booting from a USB device planned? For diskless routers, we had the > idea of using one of the USB "key fob" devices as emergency boot > device. The OS and ipfilter + rules would be on CF, and if that every got > compromised, plug in the CF-in-a-key-fob device to the USB port and re-boot. > > Len > > > http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training > http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND 8.2.4 for NT4 & W2K > http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message > -- n_hibma@van-laarhoven.org http://www.van-laarhoven.org/ n_hibma@FreeBSD.org http://www.etla.net/~n_hibma/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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