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unix on a CD, rethought. got more info for u all

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 01:48:20 EDT

well now I remember why I got this idea in me to build a bootable CD (like 
LOAF or QNX or PicoBSD but for CD media or CF), it was a review on TechTV 
(please don't laugh at me, I watch for stocks only,the rest is trivial) about 
the NIC (Network something or rather, I forget) its got a 200mhz NS Geode (I 
think) and ram is upgradeable, comes with NIC and modem and usb and vga and 
maybe TV-out, 
has a cd-rom drive and reads CDrom for OS and hardware updates, it lock the 
cd drive during operation and boots right up, so my question is where is 
there swap and other stuff necessary for a succesful opensource OS internet 
appliance?
It comes with a custom Linux distro (might be based on Redhat, not sure) 
I am gonna hunt down some NIC hacking sites and try to find info about 
building a bootable CD OS setup, and post back here, in the meantime if you 
(lurker,smirker,poster,hoster, midnight toker) have anything to add then 
please do so

I am gonna head over back to FRY'S (not so bad in the south so far(Arlington 
and Dallas Texas) nothing but good parts and bad waiting lines)
and get a little ATA flash card for high speed swap file disk (PC and 
wearable)

cheers all, chow, adios muchachos

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