[Discuss] Linux distro for cash register

[pw]

stephen hawkes wrote:
> And to make sure you only have to install it once copy a drive image to 
> a spare drive (4GB drives are nearly free now and should be large 
> enough). Then if a HD fails you can just dupe the image to another 
> drive, or if you need another system setup you just need to copy that 
> image. Linux deals quite well with hardware changes (unlike windows). 
> I've taken a drive with a linux install and placed it in a computer with 
> different board chipset and a different vid card and it worked fine. 
> Windows blows up on major hardware changes.


Use RAID to mirror the drive at the getgo.
That way you have a reasonable backup for
your business.

ie: extra 100GB drive costs miniscule dollars compared to downtime and 
business losses incurred by drive failure.

Peter