Re: [TCLUG:18539] Tiny laptop firewall distro suggestions, please

[Daniel Taylor <dante@plethora.net>]

Nah, use the Linux Router Project Distro, fits on a single _floppy_.
170 MB would be like a lake for it.

Daniel Taylor                Embedded and custom Linux integration.
dante@plethora.net           (612)747-1609

On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Gabe Turner wrote:

> > 
> > Can you kind folks suggest some distributions I should try that will
> > actually install on this tiny drive?
> > 
> you're kidding, right?  Slackware, of course! :)  You can easily get it under 100
> MB by just installing the base disk sets.  However, if I were you, I'd go with 
> NetBSD if you're going to use it as a firewall.  It can be extremely small and
> still fully functional.  Heck, I just put NetBSD on my IBM WorkPad z50, and it
> only has 128 MB flash card! :)  NetBSD w/ base packages and compilers would be
> less than 170 MB easily, though it wouldn't fit on my flash card, so it's some
> where in there.
> 
> Gabe
> 
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