From owner-freebsd-small Thu Apr 19 9:44:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1x.cos.agilent.com [192.6.9.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B68EB37B42C for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:44:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from darrylo@soco.agilent.com) Received: from msgrel1.and.agilent.com (msgrel1.and.agilent.com [130.30.33.104]) by msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F40F158D; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 10:44:48 -0600 (MDT) Received: from mina.soco.agilent.com (mina.soco.agilent.com [141.121.54.157]) by msgrel1.and.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89B9EEA; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 12:44:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mina.soco.agilent.com (darrylo@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mina.soco.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_22672)/8.9.3 SMKit7.1.1_Agilent) with ESMTP id JAA12824; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:44:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200104191644.JAA12824@mina.soco.agilent.com> To: Warner Losh Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The ultimate board! Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 19 Apr 2001 10:29:38 MDT." <200104191629.f3JGTc804728@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 1.6) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:44:44 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Warner Losh 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". ;-) ] -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@soco.agilent.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message