The main problem with the CF card solution is that the CF card has no "write-protect" feature. The original reason this topic was brought up in the first place was that floppy-based routers have easily switched write-protect tabs, allowing one to easily edit the floppy if necessary, then switch it back to write-protect mode for normal operation.
Now, someone else has pointed out that there are a few USB memory keys which have write-protect tabs, which would make them an ideal substitute for the floppy-based router.
--- Michael mogmios@mlug.missouri.edu wrote:
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:
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.
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