Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:47:42 -0500 (EST) From: freebsduser <freebsduser@earthlink.net> To: "Andrew C. Hornback" <hornback@wireco.net> Cc: John Telford <j.telford@sympatico.ca>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: What name brand would you buy for a firewall/router ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10103202244360.15915-100000@bsdbox.gregory.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <002701c0b1b2$bca50400$0e00000a@tomcat>
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> > I don't see much written about PicoBSD (runs off a floppy ?) how > > reliable/configurable do you find it ? > > Thanks, John. > > I haven't heard that much about PicoBSD, but, I'm sure that it would be > worth exploring for a system like this. Only problem I see there is that > floppy media may be more prone to failure than HDD media. I've played with PicoBSD and once you have a functioning system you don't need the floppy and can remove it from the drive (you will need it the next time you boot). You can also duplicate your configuration to multiple floppies so if one dies you can just insert another. Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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