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Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 02:14:14 -0800
From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: freebsd running on a cdrom
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"M. Warner Losh" wrote:
> : CD-ROM is not what I would call a reliable media.  May I suggest
> : booting from the network (PXE) or booting from a hard disk and
> : mounting the partitions read-only?
[ ... ]
> 
> I'd suspect that cdrom drives will break more often than hard disks in
> harsh environments.

CDROMs are simply not built for a continuous duty cycle, period,
I think.

-- Terry

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