[Devil-Linux-discuss] Q: IDE Flash Boot?

[Indiana E. a. C. N. <Bra...@Sk...>]

I need a firewall, and I have an old 486 with 32 MB RAM (fully
loaded).  It doesn't support USB.  I like the idea of "no moving
parts" for reliability, and I've had good luck with IDE flash drives
using other OSes.  You can boot off them, etc. - they appear to be an
ordinary IDE drive.

It seems like I could set Devil Linux up to boot from an IDE flash
drive and also store the configuration file there (I'm not sure
whether you can make a flash drive read-only; I hope so).

Does this sound reasonable?

Thanks!
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Don Stauffer, Office Manager
Indiana Epilepsy and Child Neurology, Inc.