From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jul 11 00:50:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA23956 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 00:50:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from red.jnx.com (red.jnx.com [208.197.169.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA23951 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 00:50:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chimp.juniper.net (chimp.juniper.net [208.197.169.6]) by red.jnx.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA04727; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 00:49:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from tli@localhost) by chimp.juniper.net (8.7.6/8.7.3) id AAA01789; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 00:49:05 -0700 (PDT) To: spork@super-g.com (spork) cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: T1 upgrade options? References: <199707101137.HAA16305@shell.id.net> From: Tony Li Date: 11 Jul 1997 00:49:05 -0700 In-Reply-To: spork@super-g.com's message of 10 Jul 97 17:28:34 GMT Message-ID: <82yb7edo5q.fsf@chimp.juniper.net> Lines: 17 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk spork@super-g.com (spork) writes: > Do you have any more info on "hard cards"? I've not heard of this, but it > sounds like a perfect solution for routers/firewalls... Indeed it is. There are several manufacturers and the double density flash disks are now coming down in price so that this is a practical alternative. Various vendors include SanDisk, M-systems, and Smart Modular. The units emulate small IDE disks. As they are flash, there is an issue about writing to them too many times, so you don't wanna swap if you do this. Mounting the filesystems RO seems like the right thing to do. And because they're small, cramming a distribution into it is interesting.... Tony