Re: GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother))

[Alexis Rosen <alexis () panix com>]

Jim Dixon writes:
> > Gated IMO is a good thing.  The problem is the OS/hardware that it
> > runs on top of.  I would dred having to install something that needs
> > a hard drive to route packets in a light-out POP.  
>
> You don't need a hard drive.  Use some of the money you saved by not
> buying C***o to buy lots of DRAM.  Boot from floppy.
>
> Or even buy a flash-based hard drive emulator.  Or combine the two 
> solutions.

I've been thinking about this. A while ago I saw a product that emulated
dual 1.4MB floppies in flash on an ISA card. This seemed like a good way
to start. Has anyone actually tried this? What flash product did you use?

/a

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