Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:44:44 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The ultimate board! Message-ID: <200104191644.JAA12824@mina.soco.agilent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 19 Apr 2001 10:29:38 MDT." <200104191629.f3JGTc804728@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> wrote:
> : Does the IBM microdrive work (it's got a CF interface)? I'm
> : interested, but I'd be more interested if the microdrive could be used
> : (like everyone else, I'd really like to make a "low-power" router with a
> : DHCP server that handles mac addresses).
>
> Yes, but 64M CF parts are cheaper and more reliable.
True, but the idea that a CF-based router *WILL* fail is, well,
distasteful.
[ The DHCP server keeps the leases on disk. In an home environment, it
should be possible to use a CF card, as clients don't come and go all
that often, but I don't know enough about FFS to be sure. ]
[ Heh. Commercial entities would call this, "planned obsolescence". ;-) ]
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