Rushton Martin wrote:
I'm trying to configure an old 64-bit desktop machine as a client for a CentOS server. The client must have no modifiable storage at all so my options seem to be:
- Stateless network boot
- Live DVD
I've been looking at the latter route, does anyone know if there is a convenient hook so that the live dvd will automatically download and execute a file during bootstrapping? I need to have some state, but held on the server. If there are any instructions for hacking the CentOS live dvd, please point me at them.
Not CentOS, but perhaps you might be interested in LPS http://www.spi.dod.mil/lipose.htm
No mounted storage at all, and built by a team from the US DoD, who *ought* to be paranoid enough for you. I've put it on a USB key, and have been saying for a month or so I need to try it (this would be for work, where I *have* to use a PIV "smart card" to get in from outside).
mark