FreeSCO vs. SmoothWall

[Net Llama!]

Tim Wunder wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 May 2002 01:24 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> <snip>
> 
>>Two questions:
>>1) Do you know where I can get the extra modules package?  Seems like its
>>disapeared since freesco changed domains, and i need the eepro100  module
>>for my NICs.
> 
> 
> The freesco site? As I said, it just worked for me. The base package had the 
> modules I needed. 

Ah yes, but according to the dox, the eepro100 module is not part of the 
base package.

> 
> 
>>2) Is it simply a matter of copying the floppy image to a HD, or how
>>involved is it to get this running somewhere other than the floppy?
>>
> 
> 
> Don't know this either. I boot from floppy. Everything's on a RAM disk, the 
> only time it touches the floppy is to boot. The only time it boots is after a 
> power outage, (and after @Home went belly up). I've booted it less than 10 
> times since orignally set up 2 years ago (yeah, our power rarely goes out -- 
> knock wood). I've got a copy of it's config on my hard drive and an extra 
> floppy as backup. What's wrong with booting from floppy?

I dunno.  I just thought that I'd have to reconfigure everything from 
scratch if i ever rebooted.  Is that not the case?



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