What is the modern "Floppy-Based" router based on?

Michael mogmios at mlug.missouri.edu
Sat Mar 4 16:38:19 CST 2006


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:
>  So the more important question to you was, can I trust a floppy
> formatted to more than the standard 1.44MB?  I say yes.  I have done it.
> 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.  I've
> had success with a ton of floppies, just not the ones with the cheapy
> plastic slider.  Even some recycled AOL and Earthlink floppies made good
> Linux boot floppies.
>
> The other questions I think have been answered.
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: On Behalf Of Leo Mauler
>> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:41 AM
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>> Ahhh, this kind of response is why I keep coming back here.  
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