Re: [ossig] Firewall

["Venantius Kumar" <venks@hitts.com>]

> On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Venantius Kumar wrote:
>
> > My idea is to set it up without HDD.  I want to boot off a CDROM and run
> > exclusively in memory.  This is because I don't want to trash the file
> > systems everytime power fails.
>
> use picobsd and boot off a floppy, saving that CDROM drive for something
> more useful. :)
>
> > I don't want to boot off floppy.  Floppies cannot be trusted.
>
> why ?
>

>From my experience, floppies tend to "deteriate" faster.  I can only use
them for a few reboots,  after which they are unbootable -- develop bad
sector.  Besides magnetic media are more susceptible to wear and tear.

regards,
Venantius.



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