SFF server platform

[Tony Alfrey]

Kurt Wall wrote:
> On Saturday 05 February 2005 17:47, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> 
>>David Bandel wrote:
>>
>>>I rent boxes like this.  Here's what I get:
>>>at CaseOutlet (http://www.caseoutlet.com/):
>>>ITX 2677R using a CL1000 motherboard (two ethernet ports).  I then
>>>put in either another ethernet card or a frame relay card (you'll
>>>need to buy the riser card for this).  I buy neither CD-ROM nor
>>>floppy, but do get either a 40Gb hdd or (better) a 1Gb flash RAM,
>>>128Mb RAM.
> 
> 
>>Very interesting link.
>>Very very newbie questions:
>>a.  I assume that, with an appropriate wireless card, one can use
>>this box to form an all wireless network and avoid the extra ethernet
>>port? b.  w/ no CD rom, how do you load an OS?  Format and load the
>>HD elsewhere first?
> 
> 
> I don't know how David does it, but, if you get the flash RAM, you load 
> the OS onto the flash and pop that into the case. 

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That is what I guessed (knowing nothing).  It looks like an extra $30 or so.

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