Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>-- :please_boost: 🔁 :boost_ok: :boost: :boosted:</p><p>Speaking of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROMs</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a>: Does anyone know a good way to implement something like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROM</span></a> like the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tandy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tandy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/1000RL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1000RL</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/1000RLX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1000RLX</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIEPqD4luG8&amp;t=166s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">did</a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DeskMate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeskMate</span></a> (as <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@vwestlife" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vwestlife</span></a></span> showed)...</p><ul><li>Or is this something that requires either going down the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCIe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCIe</span></a> -&gt; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCI</span></a> -&gt; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> rabbit hole?</li></ul><p>I mean, it would be a way cleaner setup to boot OS/1337 to than booting a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CDROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDROM</span></a>? </p><ul><li>If noone has an Idea how to make this happen, is there any good way or existing solution to basically make a hardware write-protectable / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/readonly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readonly</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> flashdrive to boot from? </li></ul><p>Ideally something that can take <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BIOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BIOS</span></a>-style ROM Chips that one can put on a board without write-enable connected so they're read-only! </p><ul><li>And yes, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> may see similarities to his [deprecated] <a href="https://landley.net/code/aboriginal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aboriginal Linux</a> nee <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FirmwareLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirmwareLinux</span></a> ...</li></ul><p>Still having like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/minimalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minimalist</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro in Boot-ROM would be nifty, espechally when it comes to making a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SecureComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecureComputing</span></a> <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terminal</span></a>"</em>...</p><ul><li>Maybe <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bitbang.social/@ActionRetro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ActionRetro</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://studio8502.ca/@mos_8502" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mos_8502</span></a></span> and others can point this question to people who are firm in boot ROMs and potentially even have something at hand.</li></ul><p>(I don't expect something like a PCI(e Mini)Card but I'd not be against it!)</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hardware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Question</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a></p>