[dm-devel] Re: [klibc] initrd / initramfs future

[Dave Dodge <dododge dododge net>]

On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 10:25:31PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> root on nfs
> root on iscsi

There are probably some other networked options.  For example root
on nbd has been tried here:

  http://borderworlds.dk/projects/#nr

How about copying root into a ramdisk from an ftp/tftp/http server?
Someone in a thin-client environment might try something like that.

Also: root on encrypted loop.  There are several basic encryption
options, including (I think) whose module you use.  There are lots of
ways the key might be acquired: interactively from keyboard, floppy,
USB storage, smart card, and so on.

                                                  -Dave Dodge