Re: Routers vs. PC's for routing - was list problems?

["Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol () JustThe net>]

On Thu, 23 May 2002, Dave Israel wrote:

> Then why ot boot from a CD-ROM?  Sure, it moves, but only for the
> few minutes it takes to boot.  Then it spins down and sits idle for
> the n days/weeks/months until the next reboot.  It would probably
> last as long as the solid state drive, and would be cheaper.  

> The big problem here, of course, is software upgrades.

CD's were the other option I was considering. I'd rather use CD's because 
they are more durable than floppies. WRT software upgrades, the only thing 
I'd be rebuilding is the kernel - you rebuild the kernel, create an ISO
filesystem, and rip it to CD...


> Personally,
> I'd just use a hard drive and initrd (under linux) and leave the hd
> controller out of the kernel.  When it comes time to upgrade, reboot
> to an alternate kernel that has the hd support code.  But that's more
> of a discussion for a Linux list than here.

Yup. Topic drift...

 

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