What is the modern "Floppy-Based" router based on?
Michael
mogmios at mlug.missouri.edu
Sat Mar 4 16:38:19 CST 2006
Better yet get a small (cheap) CF card and CF to IDE converter and use
that. Very reliable and can be put together with a GB of space for
little more than a floppy drive. About $20 usually.
Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO wrote:
> So the more important question to you was, can I trust a floppy
> formatted to more than the standard 1.44MB? I say yes. I have done it.
> I ran a firewall off one with Freesco for something like 2 years. If a
> floppy isn't going to work in this mode, you find out real quick when
> you try to format it and use rawwrite to put the .img file on it. I've
> had success with a ton of floppies, just not the ones with the cheapy
> plastic slider. Even some recycled AOL and Earthlink floppies made good
> Linux boot floppies.
>
> The other questions I think have been answered.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: On Behalf Of Leo Mauler
>> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:41 AM
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>> Ahhh, this kind of response is why I keep coming back here.
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