<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>That is pretty slick.</div><div><br></div><div>I recently picked up a drive enclosure which does something similar.</div><div>It is a Zalman VE200 and it will allow you to choose which ISO is loaded into the cdrom emulator (via a hardware rocker switch). <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">It is a usb or esata device and the emulated cd/dvd shows up as a device and is bootable.</span></div><div><br></div><div>A pretty slick device but not as 'convenient' as a usb stick that takes care of the bootloader/choice issue.</div><div><br></div><div>-- <div>Sean (mobile)</div></div><div><br>On 2011-07-29, at 11:22 AM, "Adam Thompson" <<a href="mailto:athompso@athompso.net">athompso@athompso.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elegantinvention/isostick-the-optical-drive-in-a-usb-stick"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elegantinvention/isostick-the-optical-drive-in-a-usb-stick">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elegantinvention/isostick-the-optical-drive-in-a-usb-stick</a></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The concept is definitely viable, since Sandisk did something very similar in their Cruzer line of products, except you can’t update the contents of the fake CD-ROM drive yourself on a Cruzer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’m buying one!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-Adam Thompson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <a href="mailto:athompso@athompso.net"><span style="color:blue">athompso@athompso.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <a href="tel:(204)%20291-7950">(204) 291-7950</a> - direct<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <a href="tel:(204)%20489-6515">(204) 489-6515</a> - fax<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Roundtable mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Roundtable@muug.mb.ca">Roundtable@muug.mb.ca</a></span><br><span><a href="http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable">http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>