Correct me if I'm wrong, but have you thinked about data access time? I mean, a USB stick is awfully slower than a IDE disk, isn't it?
On 06 May 2005 23:12:12 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Lenneis) wrote: > Dear all, > > > I try to cobble together a machine that will be used as a router under > OpbenBSD 3.7 when it comes out. The idea is to have no moveable parts, > so it is going to be a box based on a VIA Epia board with a 600 or 800 > Mhz processor, which does not require a fan. No real hard > disk. Instead I would like to use a USB stick for mass storage, since > they are a bit cheaper than equivalent IDE flash drives but more > importantly, they can easily be pulled out and for instance swapped > with another stick with patches, upgrades or a newer version of the OS. > > I have searched the archives and Goggle, but I have only found > messages from people who have not managed to boot from a USB stick > and/or mount a filesystem from it as root. Is there somebody out there > who has succeeded using OpenBSD in such a configuration? > > Many thanks in advance, > > -- > > Joerg Lenneis > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye." - Miyamoto Musashi --------------------------------------------------------------------- Francisco de Borja Lspez Rmo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Csdigo23 - Secure Network Solutions http://www.codigo23.net / http://www.e-shell.org
