From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Apr 17 6: 7:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from loki.intrepid.net (intrepid.net [204.71.127.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD5A214BD8 for ; Sat, 17 Apr 1999 06:07:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@loki.intrepid.net) Received: (from mark@localhost) by loki.intrepid.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA30407; Sat, 17 Apr 1999 09:03:50 -0400 Message-ID: <19990417090349.A30134@intrepid.net> Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 09:03:49 -0400 From: Mark Conway Wirt To: Rowan Crowe , "John J. Paner" Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd router References: <199904161414.KAA11371@mail.paradox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2 In-Reply-To: ; from Rowan Crowe on Sat, Apr 17, 1999 at 05:04:21PM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Apr 17, 1999 at 05:04:21PM +1000, Rowan Crowe wrote: > > If it's just going to be a router, consider booting it from floppy or some > other "spin while booting only" media. Even CD-ROM may be viable once it's > developed. You could also use a flash RAM IDE drive. There's no need to > rely on a device which spins constantly and is probably going to fail one > day while your machine is happily doing its own thing... > > I'm working on a boot-from-floppy router at the moment. :) P166 (clocked > down to 125MHz), 32Mb RAM. It's also running gated but it's not doing > anywhere near a full global table (1,000 routes on a bad day). picobsd has a router version of the boot floppy. Are you basing this on that? --Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message