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Subject: Re: Rom based os/web server?
From: Arjan Vos <arjan @ pino . demon . nl>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 11:04:54 +0100 (MET)
To: alex @ usanetworks . com
Cc: firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <2 . 2 . 32 . 19970109161037 . 00bf5620 @ icarus . usanetworks . com>

I believe it's only the kernel that's rom-based and uncompressed in ram.

What might be possible is to burn as cd-rom with a live file-system of
Linux or FreeBSD or whatever. Startup from the cdrom and mount a partition
on a hard drive just for read-write files such as log-files etc. (e.g.
/var file system). But this will bring us into the rom-based web server
discussion.

Arjan Vos

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On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Alexey Zilber wrote:

> I recieved the previous months copy of The Linux Journal (yes, yes, I know..
> :-) ).  And it talks about a rom based stripped down version of Linux that's
> been created, for systems that cannot use components that could be damaged
> from stress (like hardrives).  This thing is stored, compressed in rom, then
> gets booted and uncompressed into ram.
>         This thing might be good for a hard-coded webserver.  While it could
> get hacked, a reboot and a password change should be all that's needed to
> repair it.
> Alex
> 
> 



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