Quote Originally Posted by Ghandalfar
Any suggestions how to make sure distributing flash is allowed?
I didn't get that. You mean Flash Memory, or Macromedia Flash? I wish they hadn't given two different and powerful technologies the exact same name.

Regarding Flash Memory, these IDE-to-CF adapters will attach a CF card to an IDE slot, and fool the BIOS into thinking it's a hard drive. The adapters are cheap ($15 for this one: http://www.wisp-router.com/product_i...roducts_id=103 ). Flash memory is cheap too ( http://www.pricewatch.com/ shows a 64 Mb for only $13).

The URL that points to a homepage on the CF card should look like this: " file://localhost/D:/index.html ". Then all we have to do is make sure that the BIOS assigns 'D:\' as the drive letter to the CF card.

Another way is to put the LiveCD on a CF card instead of CD-ROM, and put the index.html on the same card under a directory called 'website'. That way the URL would be: " file://localhost/C:/website/index.html ". That would also save someone the cost of a CD drive, not to mention they get the benefit of no more CD drive noise and unreliability - and silent kiosks are the sign of true quality.

For reference, here's a guy who put the Knoppix LiveCD on a bootable CF card: http://staff.washington.edu/gray/KnoppixCFguide.html . He shows how to do it, and relates all the benefits for doing so (one being easy customization of the kernel which is one of the challenges that we're facing here).