Re: [Freedos-user] Booting without hard disk

2009-10-19 Thread David C. Kerber
to break off. -Original Message- From: Marcos Favero Florence de Barros [mailto:fav...@mpcnet.com.br] Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 4:36 PM To: FreeDOS List Subject: [Freedos-user] Booting without hard disk So, my questions today are: (1) Which is the best approach

Re: [Freedos-user] Booting without hard disk

2009-10-19 Thread Buzzer
19-Oct-2009 числа в 12:33 часов, ты написал(а) следующее: Floppies are definitely NOT the most reliable DOS boot media. After a year or so of daily use, they will likely become unusable. So unless they keep a ready supply of spares, you're going to have some upset clients. I would go the

Re: [Freedos-user] Booting without hard disk

2009-10-19 Thread Christian Masloch
Floppies are definitely NOT the most reliable DOS boot media. After a year or so of daily use, they will likely become unusable. So unless they keep a ready supply of spares, you're going to have some upset clients. I would go the cd-rom or HD route, because USB drives stick out and are easy

Re: [Freedos-user] Booting without hard disk

2009-10-19 Thread Buzzer
19-Oct-2009 числа в 23:49 часов, ты написал(а) следующее: upset clients. I would go the cd-rom or HD route, because USB drives stick out and are easy to break off. Break how? Breaking off means falling out of the port or being disconnected by accident. I'd definitively prefer

[Freedos-user] Booting without hard disk

2009-10-18 Thread Marcos Favero Florence de Barros
I built and support a DataPerfect database with 8 computers networked through MS-Client. Since this network is completely dedicated to the database (i.e., it needs not run any other software), I decided to get rid of the hard disks in all client computers. They now boot from a floppy disk

Re: [Freedos-user] Booting without hard disk

2009-10-18 Thread Kenneth J. Davis
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Marcos Favero Florence de Barros fav...@mpcnet.com.br wrote: I built and support a DataPerfect database with 8 computers networked through MS-Client. Since this network is completely dedicated to the database (i.e., it needs not run any other software), I

Re: [Freedos-user] Booting without hard disk

2009-10-18 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Marcos, Another idea: You can connect compact flash cards with a purely mechanical adapter to IDE harddisk controllers. Might give better performance and compatibility than a scheme based on USB sticks :-). Initial setup might be slightly tricky, but the same tricks as for USB sticks will