Tony wrote: > This may be prudent, but it may not be reality. If you were worried > about resiliency, would you be using old or repurposed hardware to begin > with? > > I agree that CF's or USB sticks are a better choice, but the user base > seems to be indicating that the floppy isn't dead yet. > > Tony > > Harry Lachanas wrote: >> Imagine this scenario, >> you have LEAF boxes spread all over your country, >> would you trust floppy disks on your installations even with backups around? >> >> Floppy disk devices have movable parts, CFs don't, usb-sticks don't, >> I personally haven't used any floppies for 4 years now, period. >> >> Regards, >> Harry. >>
Imagine this scenario, I'm a person who hates to throw working stuff away. So I have two identical back-up machines ready in the shelf if my main Hw decides to buy the farm. I have recently also salvaged a 5½ floppy drive just in case I want to go really medieval on this...and yes I have the floppies for a lifetime. I could always go to the Pc-superstore and buy a ready system. What's the fun in that? All releases are tried and if accepted by my "let's see if this works" method are made to a disk image complete with settings and all needed drivers but nothing extra for quick recovery. There is always two identical disks ready for service. Disk will only be read once a month in average. I usually also pull the media out after booting since firewall is protected by a UPS so it will stay up even if there is power outage, same goes for ADSL. Actually there was a blackout recently and only electronic devices still on in our neighborhood were my firewall and ADSL and the UPS beeping...creepy. OK but to the point. Is there a tried and easy method to make a IDE-CF image based on the disk version I'm now using? -Marko ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
