Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 08:55:24 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Clapper <bmc@WillsCreek.COM> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: grobin@accessv.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Accessing Floppy Drive Message-ID: <199712151355.IAA06865@current.willscreek.com> In-Reply-To: <19971215091243.56481@lemis.com> References: <3494467F.6B48DB7D@accessv.com> <19971215091243.56481@lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > Normally, it's not a good idea to put file systems on floppy. One useful, though admittedly arcane, exception case: It's often useful to put a tripwire database on a read-only floppy. I did that rather frequently at my previous employer, for machines exposed to the Internet. It works reasonably well if you're using tripwire to detect changes in system binaries, system configuration files, and the like. The database will be small enough to fit on a floppy-based file system, and tripwire can be pointed directly at the database file. ----- Brian Clapper, bmc@WillsCreek.COM, http://WWW.WillsCreek.COM/ Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master. -- Leonardo da Vinci
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