On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 04:01:52PM +0200, ob_ok@gmx.net wrote:
A friend of mine wants a router the way that I use it (ipchains based) and I said yes, I will do.
Now the problem is: Which Suse version is best? Works and...tadaa... will fit on an old 100 Meg Harddrive?
The "small" package installation has become that large till now so I ask this before wasting 3 hours trying out all that I have here: 5.3, 6.1, 7.0, 7.3
Something that isn't SuSE. While I'd love to say that SuSE will do everything, it won't. Really old versions of SuSE (like the ones you would need) won't be kept up-to-date with security patches, so aren't necessarily a good idea. I managed to get 8.0 down to about 120 MB, but I installed it on a 500 MB HD, then started cutting bits out (man pages, locale settings, etc.). It's very tricky to get SuSE *really* small. Try a dedicated firewall/router solution. You might even have difficulties fitting the newer versions of IPCop on - v1.3 wants 80 MB + 2 x RAM, IIRC. Other distributions like FreeSCO, or Linux Router Project might fit better. If you can find a slightly bigger HD, you'll find life much easier. -- David Smith | Tel: +44 (0)1454 462380 Home: +44 (0)1454 616963 STMicroelectronics | Fax: +44 (0)1454 617910 Mobile: +44 (0)7932 642724 1000 Aztec West | TINA: 065 2380 GPG Key: 0xF13192F2 Almondsbury | Work Email: Dave.Smith@st.com BRISTOL, BS32 4SQ | Home Email: David.Smith@ds-electronics.co.uk