Adam Sulmicki wrote:
heh. I just assumed nobody would use those since my assumption was that if someone does port of LinuxBIOS then they would go with new hardware since it is where the monnies are :-)
Here at Bitworks about once per project you end up doing something stupid like shorting 12V to the 5V rail, or the drive gets knocked off the bench, or my personal favorite where a well place short in a 120V control circuit that had the line and neutral reversed make the whole setup float at 120V. Looking for an easy ground the unsuspecting engineer goes to plug his scope ground (which was earthed properly) up to the ground on the HD. *Poof*
When stuff happens it's painfull to know that you just waxed a 30+ gig drive. A < $1.00 ebay drive however is much eaiser to accept and sometimes even fun say if you have a big metal band saw around.
I'll add HD method selection info to my FAQ after I've played with it.