[olug] Physical limits of CD Rom

[Aaron Grothe]

Hey Charles,

I don't think the CD-rom drive is going to hold up to quite a bit of (ab)use.  In my desktop
machines I lose more CD-Rom drives than any other single piece of hardware.

I'd probably go either with a USB drive, if you can get an Motherboard that lets you boot off of
it.  Happy Puppy Linux or Feather will fit on a 64MB stick which is pretty cheap.

Or 

Get a Notebook Drive and use that.  Notebook drives hold up to abuse a lot better over time than
even regular drives.  A small drive in the 2-4Gb rang should be quite scroungable.  Knoppix can be
installed onto a HD quite easily.

Good Luck,

Aaron
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"The Journey is the Reward" - Old Zen Buddhist Saying
--- Charles Bird <thebirdman at operamail.com> wrote:

> I'm making a (tool-box machine) with knoppix running off of cd rom. What I'd like some insite on
> is what you all think a generic cd rom would hold up to 6 to 10 inch drops for very long. Not
> while running of course.
>   I cant really afford a laptop right now but I need a machine that I know really well at work.
> Oh and show off the knoppix wonder.
>   Big Tux sticker hopfully to be on the side of my tool box soon.
> 
>     lemme know what yall think.
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