On Thursday, Jan 2, 2003, at 20:07 Europe/London, the pickle wrote: > At 20:00 +0000 on 02/01/03, Mark Benson wrote: > >> 160MB hard disk with NetBSD on it can easily boot and de-compress >> itself into a RAM disk at start up. Don't ask me how to do it - I >> ain't >> a UNIX person - I just know most Linux and BSD installers do it that >> way to minimize the number of CDs required. > > But if you remove the hard disk, then where are you?
NetBSD and Linux both have facility to shut off idle hard disks. The answer thusly is you don't you just set your chosen *NIX up to spin it off after it's been idle for 5 mins. Because everything you need is loaded into RAM you won't need to spin it up again until you reboot. See I'm just full of 'ideas' me ;). -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Visit my Homepage: <http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson> Vintage Macs List Nanny "Never send a human to do a machine's job." -The Matrix -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
