[clug] Re: Q: 2.2.16 pcmcia for my LRP forewall (From linux Digest, Vol 58, Issue 18, Message 5)

Eyal Lebedinsky eyal at eyal.emu.id.au
Mon Oct 15 21:59:32 GMT 2007


Miles Goodhew wrote:
> Hi Eyal/All,
> 
> On 15/10/2007, at 10:00 PM, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
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>> I never used the pcmcia subsystem and I now want to move my firewall
>> to an old laptop (reducing power usage 55w -> 17w).
> 
>     Can I make these two assumptions about your situation (let me know 
> if I assume wrongly):
>     1) You desire a floppy-based system for the write-protection ability.

Yes

>     2) Your laptop can only use a floppy through a PC-Card (PCMCIA) 
> interface.

No, the floppy is native. The NICs are pcmcia.

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> 
> Hope that helps,

Thanks

> M0les.
> 
> -- 
> Miles Goodhew
> miles at m0les.com
> http://m0les.com/bl0g

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Eyal Lebedinsky	(eyal at eyal.emu.id.au)


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