Ditto. But it does not help a bit if John can't fit it on one floppy.
john burton wrote:
>
> All the talk of hard drives, I find it easier to keep a one floppy drive
> system!
>
> Snag an old Cisco PIX firewall case, or LocalDirector case. They're rack
> mounted, have a killer fan, support a floppy with a dust cover and hold a
> standard 386/486 mom board. You don't have an *outside* keyboard/monitor
> connector, but big deal!!
>
> I found one for $20 at a Ham Swap meet....
>
> Much easier to put it all on a floppy and put the floppy in the case, cover
> it with a dust cover and put it away in the corner...
>
> I have over a year on mine with no reboot...
>
> --==jb==--
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> John Burton
> Midwest City, Oklahoma
> http://sxs.sandbox.dynip.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Stratton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 11:42
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [STN] Open Source? Was "A Final plea..."
> >
> >
> > Please keep my $70.00 it has been well worth the price, I
> > already make the
> > system
> > boot from a hard drive. How about a 2 floppy system? I would
> > just as soon
> > have
> > a hard drive system though
> >
> > Keep up the good work
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> > At 02:23 PM 5/30/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Sales of ShareTheNet have dropped off almost completely. I
> > believe this is
> > >because of the following factors (in order of precedence):
> > >
> > >o There are plenty of inexpensive hardware alternatives
> > that do as
> > >great job
> > >of sharing your Internet connection.
> > >o STN does not support PPPoE, IPSec & other features
> > >o The STN web site is old & crummy
> > >o There has not been an update to STN in quite awhile
> > >o I'm sure there's more, but you get the picture.
> > >
> > >I've been working on a new version of STN for over a year, but
> > I've come up
> > >against a very difficult technical problem - the newest kernel
> > + the newest
> > >glibc just don't leave me enough room on the floppy for
> > everything else. I
> > >spent time working with uClibc, but that has not panned out so
> > far either.
> > >
> > >So, what to do? I'm considering releasing STN as an open
> > source product.
> > >That is, I'll release the source code under the GPL, but still
> > sell support
> > >for it. It will no longer require a registration code to run,
> > but to get
> > >official support you'll have to register it.
> > >
> > >I'm worried that I'll get a lot of people saying "hey, I want
> > my $70 bucks
> > >back." Does anyone think this is a reasonable position?
> > >
> > >Would anyone on the list sign up to be a developer?
> > >
> > >Any suggestions, concerns?
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >John Lombardo
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