On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Wilko Bulte wrote: WB> > Well, while I'd certainly agree with you regarding reliability (BTW, how many WB> > _read_ cycles do contemporary flashdisks support?), there is at least one major WB> > question: where to boot from? especially in the case of standalone WB> > moving-parts-free router ;-) WB> WB> You can boot from CompactFlash cards, they behave like IDE drives.
Aha, that makes sense... But then, I suppose, one needs some IDE<->CF converting device... Would you point me to the resources 'bout them? I'm interested much as this scheme would allow us to build cheap and reliable remote routers at deep'n'far corners of our residential networks... You know, usually in totally unmaintainable corners ;-) Thanks in advance. 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
