[5459] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother))
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexis Rosen)
Sat Oct 19 12:24:15 1996
From: Alexis Rosen <alexis@panix.com>
To: jdd@vbc.net (Jim Dixon)
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 12:22:32 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: smace@intt.org, alex@relcom.eu.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.961019094207.27850A-100000@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net> from "Jim Dixon" at Oct 19, 96 09:46:30 am
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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Alexis Rosen Owner/Sysadmin,
PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC.
alexis@panix.com
