Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 12:21:46 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> Cc: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd running on a cdrom Message-ID: <20030105122146.C43208@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030105131030.X264@woozle.rinet.ru>; from marck@rinet.ru on Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 01:13:33PM %2B0300 References: <20030102220350.5971.qmail@web41013.mail.yahoo.com> <20030105001014.GA76756@cs.huji.ac.il> <20030105.001255.53237870.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030105131030.X264@woozle.rinet.ru>
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On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 01:13:33PM +0300, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: > On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > MWL> : CD-ROM is not what I would call a reliable media. May I suggest > MWL> : booting from the network (PXE) or booting from a hard disk and > MWL> : mounting the partitions read-only? > MWL> > MWL> It is usually the case that solid-state media, properly configured, is > MWL> more reliable. CF cards have a TrueIDE mode that allows them to be > MWL> accessed as a disk on the IDE bus. Timing Solutions uses this > MWL> technology in all its embedded systems and we've noticed a huge > MWL> reduction in RMAs from the previous generation of systems with IDE > MWL> hard disks in them. > MWL> > MWL> I'd suspect that cdrom drives will break more often than hard disks in > MWL> harsh environments. > > Well, while I'd certainly agree with you regarding reliability (BTW, how many > _read_ cycles do contemporary flashdisks support?), there is at least one major > question: where to boot from? especially in the case of standalone > moving-parts-free router ;-) You can boot from CompactFlash cards, they behave like IDE drives. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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