There are actually several good reasons: 1. Floppies are NOT eternal. (neither are HD's but they tend to last a bit longer in a 24/7 environment...)
2. It provides a small - albiet distinct - level of security that floppies don't. 3. A lot of the stuff I do is "experimental" in nature - I tend to reconfigure my systems and networks a -LOT- (I do software testing - and I need to be able to control many different aspects of the environment) (a) I have my "baseline" on HD - so if all else fails, I eject the floppy and reboot. (b) If the HD gets trashed - or dies - I copy from my "master" floppy back to HD, and I am cranking. (i.e. archival - I make a master floppy, and then copy that "master" to whatever media I am going to run from. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I -never- run from a "master", I -always- run from a copy, with the master safely filed away.) (c) There is no question as to what environment I am in - if a floppy is running - its prototype. 4. Recovery time is faster w/ a hard drive. It takes (on my ancient 486 box) several minutes for STN to come alive from a floppy, but comes back to life within about 30 seconds from a H/D I also have my STN box on a UPS, but it does not last for hours either. If power dies, when it comes back, I am back on line almost instantly. (On that topic, I deliberately do NOT have my cable modem on the UPS, as if the power dies, it kills the connection instantly - causing whoever was involved in the connection to immediately reset to a known stable state - then if computer power dies - there's less chance of trashing the system. An old trick from my 8-bit BBS days...) 5. The environmental concerns sited below are also good reasons. In sum - I have found that working from a HD is much more convienant. Jim David H wrote: > I live in Ecuador on the edge of the rain forest. Floppy disks have a > notoriously poor track record here because of the high humidity. I store > floppy disks in a dry closet (warmed and dried with a light bulb) so > they > won't be affected by the moisture. Now, a floppy in a running machine > might > be OK, just because of the heat generated by the PC. But I'd rather run > off > the HD, since in this environment it's more reliable. > > Just my $.02 > > DAvid > > > From: john burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 05:25:35 -0600 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [STN] Of STN on the Hard Drive > > > > For as long as I've run STN here, I've never moved it over to the hard > > drive. What benefit is there in running STN off the HD??? > > > ============================================================ LAWYERS, ACADEMICS, LIBRARIANS, PROFESSIONALS ... YOU! Powerful bookmark management - access, store, share, publish. Never lose your favorites again! Get FREE trial of BLINKPRO. http://click.topica.com/caaaekqbz8Rp2bAfyICf/BLINKPRO ============================================================ -- Visit http://www.ShareTheNet.com for info about ShareTheNet Visit http://www.topica.com/lists/sharethenet for info about this list To Unsubscribe send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Rp2.bAfyIC Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
