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From: hoyt@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Sir Hoyt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.pyramid
Subject: Re: bind 4.8 under OSx 4.4c
Message-ID: <12658@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 20 Jul 89 15:13:59 GMT
References: <76807@pyramid.pyramid.com> <2061@ginosko.samsung.com> <76854@pyramid.pyramid.com> <209@trux.UUCP>
Reply-To: hoyt@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Sir Hoyt)
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In article <209@trux.UUCP> car@trux.UUCP (Chris Rende) writes:
>Does the boot process require that floppy to be present?

	Yup.

>If so it's a scary thought. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
>I'd be very uncomfortable knowing that my mightly mega-$$$$$ Unix box could
>be rendered useless by a missing or blown 50 cent floppy.

	Pyramid is not the first company to use this.  There is
	another very BIG company that use 8" floppies to this day to
	boot thier machines from.  Do you know who?? Can you
	say 'IBM' ( god that hurts...).   The reason I am told that
	they use them is becuase of reliabilty!


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