Currently, GNAT Box PRO, Demo, and Light can only be run from floppy. This isn't as bad as it sounds. First of all, the FD is only accessed during bootup, or when a configuration change is made. Given that the floppy only spins when it is accessed, and a HD spins all the time, this actually gives a bit of an edge to the floppy. You can also put a piece of tape over the floppy drive once the disk is inserted to keep dust out and improve the life of the disk and drive even more.
The floppy also allows a very rapid fix in the event of a drive or media failure. Any geek worth their salt has at least one extra floppy drive that can be swapped into a machine with less than 10 minutes downtime. If you use GBAdmin to make all of your configuration changes, and get into the habit of always saving a copy to your HD when a change is made to the GNAT Box, then you can use GBAdmin to create a new floppy if a media failure occurs. Total downtime: Less than 5 minutes. Mike Burden Lynk Systems (616)532-4985 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Bryan T. Schmidt > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 3:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: no floppies? > > > --------------------- Attention ----------------------------- > Online GNAT Box User Forum is Now Open > Click the Register link and sign up today > http://www.gnatbox.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Send postings to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Access the list archives at: http://www.gnatbox.com/gb-users/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Greetings... > > Is it possible to install Gnatbox onto a flash-ram based ide > disk? Or even SCSI... floppies are to unreliable for my > comfort level. I know the GB-100 uses a flash disk, and it > seems an excellent device, but I would rather use existing > hardware for our Gnatbox. > > Thank you in advance, > -Bryan > -- > > > Bryan T. Schmidt > Systems/Network Administrator > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Profitool Inc. > ---------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe gb-users your_email_address > in the body of the message
