p2pnet.net News:- “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,” says Applejack on slashdot, going on:

“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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slashdot - IBM Using iPod to boot Linux on PCs, March 11, 22005

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