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IBM Using iPod to boot Linux on PCs

Posted by Hemos on from the cool-tech dept.

Applejack writes "Looks like iPod fever has caught on to Big Blue. IBM has a yet unreleased iPod-based software for rescue, restore, and recovery of failed Windows PCs. I read this description of the software on Amit Singh's blog, whose group at IBM apparently created this stuff. If I understand this correctly (and I think I do), the iPod contains IBM's rescue software along with Linux. A crashed PC boots into Linux from the iPod, after which you get all kinds of rescue & restore functionality ... web browsing and all, even if the PC's drive is totally hosed. All this while the iPod keeps working normally as a music player as it would. The blog has pointers to further information, including a Windows Media demo of the thing. " Should be noted this is not iPod specific; USB devices will do.

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  1. Re:hmmm... by Kenja · · Score: 5, Insightful
    "Is there anything the iPod can't do"

    Play back OOG or FLAC audio files? Oh i know, gapless MP3 playback? Hava a good EQ?

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