On 04/28/10 17:57, Mike Noyes wrote: > On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 15:01 -0700, Paul Rogers wrote: > >>> That said I hope that both efforts will end up in a joint project, >>> which may (or should?) get a new name. Not only that it is based on a >>> 2.6 kernel and it marks the end of floppy-runnable versions, it shall >>> >> I'm still running Bering-1.2. I would only wish that the floppy >> versions should be given the little amount of space they require to >> remain available on-line for someone who has reason to run that >> configuration in the future. >> > Paul, > A possibly viable option for older systems without usb bios boot support > is something like an ATA-Disk Module (ADM). > > http://usa.apacer.com/us/products/ATA-Disk_Module_%28ADM%29_specs.htm > > Anyone know if these are easily available with the write protect option? I looked at the specs from the link above and they only mention that a write protect jumper is an option. It may not seem like a huge deal to many, however I see a huge value in being able to write protect my setup easily.
That being said I haven't run any LEAF variant for maybe a couple of years mostly due to wanting to use a 2.6.xx kernel. I'd move back in a heartbeat if something was available with a 2.6 kernel. I've run LEAF, and it's roots for eon's and have always liked the fact that I could write protect my media. Somewhere down the line, Dachstein maybe, when decent CDROM support was added I used to create a bootable CD with my setup saved to that. That did get to be a bit to much work for me so I went back to floppy. Just had to keep that huge stack around to find ones decent enough to format to 1.72. I've rambled enough for now.... Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
