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

[Gabe Turner <dopp@acm.cs.umn.edu>]

> 
> 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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