That is correct for classic ec2 instances, but in this particular case the offer is for a "micro" instance which uses ebs booting. So it works less like your wr

That is correct for classic ec2 instances, but in this particular case the offer is for a "micro" instance which uses ebs booting. So it works less like your writable cd image analogy and more like what you'd have with linode http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2009/12/03/amazon-ec2-instances-now-can-boot-from-amazon-ebs/ http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2009/12/03/amazon-...