On Thu, 23 May 2002, Dave Israel wrote:
Then why ot boot from a CD-ROM? Sure, it moves, but only for the few minutes it takes to boot. Then it spins down and sits idle for the n days/weeks/months until the next reboot. It would probably last as long as the solid state drive, and would be cheaper.
The big problem here, of course, is software upgrades.
CD's were the other option I was considering. I'd rather use CD's because they are more durable than floppies. WRT software upgrades, the only thing I'd be rebuilding is the kernel - you rebuild the kernel, create an ISO filesystem, and rip it to CD...
Personally, I'd just use a hard drive and initrd (under linux) and leave the hd controller out of the kernel. When it comes time to upgrade, reboot to an alternate kernel that has the hd support code. But that's more of a discussion for a Linux list than here.
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