Hi, > > Just kinda curious, but how can I build a bootable floppy that will load > > nic drivers then run a firewall script. I would like to make the floopy > > write protected so if some one did compromise my system all i would have > > to do is reboot to close the hack. I am sure if I just put a little more > > thought into this I could figure it out, but its late and I am not > > thinking very clearly. This already exists; it is called floppyfw and it is both reliable and stable. http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/ By the way... floppy disks are not all that unreliable.. the microcomputing world pretty much ran on them for a decade, and they seemed to hold up just fine, even the 5-1/4 media. However, I will give you this much: the 3.5" floppy disks mass-produced in the last few years, and frequently sold by the 50 pack for $10 are worth what you pay for them; that is, virtually nothing. Buy a quality media, run it in a clean, maintained drive, and reliability can be quite acceptable. -.bill.layer.- -.those who are talking don't know, and those who know aren't talking.- -.frogtown.- -.minnesota.- -.u.s.a.-