On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Patrick K Moorman wrote: pm> I just aquired a 486-25 w/120 MB HDD and 18 MB RAM. I would like to pm> use it as a firewall/router. How should I set this up? How big pm> should the partions be? A minimum install of 6.2 is about 92MB. Plus pm> a swap partion of 18MB that leaves me with aprox. 10MB free. Maybe. pm> Does anyone have experience doing this? In addition to the above I pm> need to be able to telnet/rlogin as this box will not have KMV. pm> Thanks. pm> You didn't mention where you plan on compiling kernels, I presume since the drive is so small, then elsewhere. I kinda did the same thing your wanting to do. The way I did it was to install the minimal installation, then add what ever else I required for networking/firewalling/securing. I admit, I had a bit more to work with at 1 gig and you will be cutting it VERY close, I would recommend getting a slightly larger drive, maybe around 420 if at all possible, as that will at least allow you to create a decent swap drive of around 36-48 and help with some of whatever load may arise. Anyway, I added the necessary packages so that I could compile kernels on the system as well and mines approx. 400mb in size. -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v6.3+ - Kernel 2.2.14 Cold, adj.: When the local flashers are handing out written descriptions. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 08:58:30PM -0600, Patrick K Moorman wrote:

I just aquired a 486-25 w/120 MB HDD and 18 MB RAM. I would like to use it as a firewall/router. How should I set this up? How big should the partions be? A minimum install of 6.2 is about 92MB. Plus a swap partion of 18MB that leaves me with aprox. 10MB free. Maybe. Does anyone have experience doing this? In addition to the above I need to be able to telnet/rlogin as this box will not have KMV. Thanks.

In the near future, I will also setup a firewall, so yesterday I looked up some documentation. First, look at the HOWTO's, i.e. Firewall-HOWTO. Second, look at http://www.linuxrouter.org/, they create a one floppy linux distribution. To use SuSE is probably overkill, you don't need much for a filewall. A linux server without a keyboard and monitor is possible. You can connect it via a serial-line to another computer, this needs a few options in your kernel and a recompile. Look at /usr/src/linux/Documentation/serial-console.txt for more info. I hope this helps. Cees. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/