[Glastonbury] firewall using 486 with floppy

[Andrew M.A. Cater]

On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 10:51:17AM -0000, d.hopkins wrote:
> hi
> 
> in the process of trying to setup a firewall using an old 486 machine
> (currently has windows 3.1 on which can be removed)
> 
> MAIN POINT - i know that the 486 needs a basic LINUX running on it, but it
> only has a Floppy drive on it. Is there a recommended version of LInux on
> Floppy which could be used?
> 
> Duncan
> 
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Does it not have a hard disk at all?  There are various single floppy 
based firewalls - but they are necessarily limited by size.  Dave Cinege
has ended the LRP project but there are derivatives especially based on

LEAF == leaf.sourceforge.net

	lrp.steinkuhler.net/toc.htm

Also look at FloppyFW == www.zelow.no/floppyfw/index.html

FOAF - OpenBSD on a floppy == www.theapt.org/openbsd/foaf-0.7.tar.gz
- if you've not used OBSD, it might be hard to get your head round :)

If you can possibly find a hard disk, it will make your life much easier 
:)

Linux Journal did a feature using Pebble (a Debian derivative) - 17M 
download, 81M installed which might be just what's needed.  It was 
installed on a 486 with 16M

www.linuxjournal.com/article.php/sid=6787

HTH,

Andy