Re: [ossig] Firewall

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

>
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Venantius Kumar wrote:
>
> > >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.
>
> but then floppies are so easily reproducable, and if it's a firewall, once
> booted it would rarely need to be rebooted. this is where _rock-solid_
> performance is needed. :)
>

When I make extra copies of the floppies, they get spoiled too !!!  My
experience with previous  the "other" OS.

Reboot is due to power failure.  Another point, I learnt long ago, is when
the power comes back to the system in "ON" state, there will be a temporary
current surge that can destroy the floppy which is currently in the drive.
No magnetic media here please!


regards,
Venantius.





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