[plug] swap query

[russ powers]

Thanks to both Matt and Bernd.

This is a great idea, better than having to lug around a laptop!  :-)

One last question, can this be done with a password protected or encrypted
thumb drive? A secure sneaker net. ;)


--- Bernd Felsche <bernie at innovative.iinet.net.au> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 07,
2003 at 11:18:09AM +1000, russ powers wrote:
> > --- Matt Kemner <zombie at penguincare.com.au> wrote:
> > On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, quoth Craig Dyke:
> 
> > > I'd be more inclined to allocate a portion of the HDD as swap
> > > and then use the thumb drive as storage space (eg /home/)
> 
> > That sounds like a good idea, will it work? 
> Yes.
> 
> > Can you put it into fstab?
> 
> Yep. But an automount config is easier. man autofs
> 
> Create an /etc/auto.home with
> 	loginname   -fstype=auto,sync       :/dev/scsi/usbstick-p1
> creating a line for each login that you want to have auto-mounted.
> 
> Run SCSI aliasing to minimise serious embarassment. One trick I've
> figured so far is that with the multi-slot readers that each slot
> has same SCSI ID, but a different LUN.
> 
> The scsidev command will create the usbstick-p1 block dev and
> others, depending on partition table, in /dev/scsi for the first
> partition, etc. if your /etc/scsi.alias contains something like:
> 
>   lun=0 model="USB Card Reader" rev="1.05" devtype=disk alias="usbflash"
>   lun=1 model="USB Card Reader" rev="1.05" devtype=disk alias="usbsmartmedia"
>   lun=2 model="USB Card Reader" rev="1.05" devtype=disk alias="usbstick"
> 
> You may want to add more specific information such as the "SCSI" ID.
> 
> Edit /etc/auto.master to include
> 	/home     /etc/auto.home
> 
> Restart automount with a 10-second or so timeout to allow you to
> logout and remove the USB drive after counting to 20. :-)
> 
> > You could do it individually and carry around /home/my_username.
> 
> Indeed.
> 
> > Could you then plug it into any linux box and boot or mount it and
> > log in as my_username?
> 
> Plugin and login; yes.
> 
> BUT!!! NB: Also set your web browser cache files to "local" storage.
> A symlink is usually required.
> 
> Last but not least; backup the removable media to something else
> occasionally. e.g. Burn a CD once in a while.
> 
> 
> Honest... I didn't want to write a HOWTO!
> 
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