On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote: MWL> : CD-ROM is not what I would call a reliable media. May I suggest MWL> : booting from the network (PXE) or booting from a hard disk and MWL> : mounting the partitions read-only? MWL> MWL> It is usually the case that solid-state media, properly configured, is MWL> more reliable. CF cards have a TrueIDE mode that allows them to be MWL> accessed as a disk on the IDE bus. Timing Solutions uses this MWL> technology in all its embedded systems and we've noticed a huge MWL> reduction in RMAs from the previous generation of systems with IDE MWL> hard disks in them. MWL> MWL> I'd suspect that cdrom drives will break more often than hard disks in MWL> harsh environments.
Well, while I'd certainly agree with you regarding reliability (BTW, how many _read_ cycles do contemporary flashdisks support?), there is at least one major question: where to boot from? especially in the case of standalone moving-parts-free router ;-) Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, DM268-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
