On Thu Nov 13 2003 at 15:10:39 +0100, Laurent Marechal wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It's not fully NetBSD related, but it might become...
> 
> Does anyone know if it's possible or already install NetBSD on the Disk on 
> Key (these small USB flash memory key-chain) ?
> If it's seen as a mass storage, I guess there is no problem to install it. 
> Even if it's a kind of RO installation like a 'live-CD'.
> The 'heavy' disk access could be redirected to a ram drive or may be to a 
> special disk area.

Yes, it's possible.  If your flash is small, you need to carefully think
which pieces of NetBSD you want there, though.

> One concern is how to boot it ? Is that possbile to boot from this kind of 
> USB storage ?

You need BIOS support for booting from a "USB HDD".  And there recently
were some funnies with how the i386 bootblocks interact with some BIOSes
on -current.  This might have been fixed already, though.

But still, in general: "yes".

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