Re: Useful Gadget of the Week : iodd 2501 Portable Virtual ROM

["Tim" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have been using a similar system for years - USB Drive and Daemon tools
to mount the ISOs

http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/home

Granted you can't install an OS in that way, but everything else has worked
flawlessly.

Might have to get one anyway!

Tim.



--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Paul Gale <groups2@...> wrote:
>
> Agree - on my Christmas list :)
>
> Paul
>
> On 20 Nov 2010, at 20:22, "Phil Harris" <phil@...>
wrote:
>
> > Gotta say I'm very tempted... :-)
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > Sent from another bloody fruit-based portable device...
> >
> > On 20 Nov 2010, at 15:54, "nick489640"
<nick.shore@...> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Kevin Hawkins <yahoogroupskh@>
wrote:
> >>>
> >>> ..and anyone how it might handle multi CD installs - can
you 'eject' an
> >>> image and 'insert' another on the fly.. ?
> >>>
> >>>  K
> >>>
> >>>  On 20/11/2010 11:01, Brian Smith wrote:
> >>>> A fantastic idea this.  Has anyone got one and vouch
for it in practice? I'm
> >>>> interested to know what the ISO file selection
process is like when you
> >>>> might have many to choose from.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> You can have subfolders inside the ISO dir, so it makes it
easy to be organised, and easy to use
> >>
> >> You can change CD on the fly too, so multi CD installs are
also possible.
> >>
> >> Initially we got them in to use them, we were so impressed
when we saw them at a trade show, in fact we never burn CDs these days, all
of our system installs and things like memtest/clonezilla are done using
the i-odd.
> >>
> >> Hope that helps
> >>
> >> Nick.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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