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Date:      Wed, 29 Sep 1999 08:59:11 -0500 (CDT)
From:      David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>
To:        Rudi Opperman <ROpperma@dtt.co.za>
Cc:        Mike Holling <myke@ees.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Re[2]: Help me win the MS-Proxy/ipfw war
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.990929085433.28587A-100000@shell-3.enteract.com>
In-Reply-To: <000F7337.C21325@dtt.co.za>

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On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Rudi Opperman wrote:

> Hi
> 
> A little bit off topic but...
> 
> I understand the benefits of diskless operations - but are floppies/stiffies 
> such a good idea?  Isn't their mtf worse than hdd?  Would booting off some other
> type of media (zip /cd / 120mbfloppy), configured readonly, be better?

Maybe.  It would cost more, though.  The disk only gets used at boot, which
should be only at powerfail time, right?  So you read the disk a couple
times a year.  I wouldn't be too worried about it, especially if you aren't
using it for remotely located stuff. 

David Scheidt



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