If we're talking about a floppy drive failure, wouldn't you be putting the new floppy drive into your existing GNAT Box?? (Ditto for a media failure)
Mike Burden Lynk Systems (616)532-4985 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Christopher Congdon > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 4:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: no floppies? > > > --------------------- Attention ----------------------------- > Online GNAT Box User Forum is Now Open > Click the Register link and sign up today > http://www.gnatbox.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Send postings to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Access the list archives at: http://www.gnatbox.com/gb-users/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Of course, some of us would like to use something more reliable > than both a > hard drive or a floppy drive. I own a SanDisk 20MB flash drive (IDE) and > several 16MB Disk On Modules (also IDE). Much more reliable than > HD or FDD. > Of course, your rapid fix argument is a good one though. Of > course, you have > to slot that floppy in a machine that has the same NIC(s) as your GnatBox. > And if you've used any ISA NICs, you have to make sure that the > settings are > the same. Less than 10 minutes downtime? Maybe.... > > Christopher > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Michael W. Burden > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 15:21 > To: Bryan T. Schmidt; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: no floppies? > > > --------------------- Attention ----------------------------- > Online GNAT Box User Forum is Now Open > Click the Register link and sign up today > http://www.gnatbox.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Send postings to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Access the list archives at: http://www.gnatbox.com/gb-users/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Currently, GNAT Box PRO, Demo, and Light can only be run > from floppy. > > This isn't as bad as it sounds. First of all, the FD is > only accessed during bootup, or when a configuration change > is made. Given that the floppy only spins when it is > accessed, and a HD spins all the time, this actually gives > a bit of an edge to the floppy. You can also put a piece > of tape over the floppy drive once the disk is inserted to > keep dust out and improve the life of the disk and drive > even more. > > The floppy also allows a very rapid fix in the event of > a drive or media failure. Any geek worth their salt has > at least one extra floppy drive that can be swapped into > a machine with less than 10 minutes downtime. > If you use GBAdmin to make all of your configuration > changes, and get into the habit of always saving a copy > to your HD when a change is made to the GNAT Box, then > you can use GBAdmin to create a new floppy if a media > failure occurs. Total downtime: Less than 5 minutes. > > Mike Burden > Lynk Systems > (616)532-4985 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > Bryan T. Schmidt > > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 3:20 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: no floppies? > > > > > > --------------------- Attention ----------------------------- > > Online GNAT Box User Forum is Now Open > > Click the Register link and sign up today > > http://www.gnatbox.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Send postings to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Access the list archives at: http://www.gnatbox.com/gb-users/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Greetings... > > > > Is it possible to install Gnatbox onto a flash-ram based ide > > disk? Or even SCSI... floppies are to unreliable for my > > comfort level. I know the GB-100 uses a flash disk, and it > > seems an excellent device, but I would rather use existing > > hardware for our Gnatbox. > > > > Thank you in advance, > > -Bryan > > -- > > > > > > Bryan T. Schmidt > > Systems/Network Administrator > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Profitool Inc. > > ---------------------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe gb-users your_email_address > > in the body of the message > ---------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe gb-users your_email_address > in the body of the message > > ---------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe gb-users your_email_address > in the body of the message
