[Nottingham] Linux in 18 MBytes?

[Penfold Q]

There are plenty of options for embedded Linux setups in 18 MB RAM. What 
we need to know is what processor this is (x86, MIPS, PPC, etc) what 
non-volatile storage you have and how much of it and what sort of apps 
you intend to run.

If this is a really old white/beige box, you could even run a very 
cut-down debian but I'd still choose a custom embedded kernel.

If you're trying to get X11 in 18 MB RAM you'll need a lot of effort and 
a fair helping of luck.

Thing is, with only 18 MB of RAM, I wouldn't want to try much more than 
a firewall with webserver, ssh, dns, dhcp, and maybe at a pinch, a 
really small asterisk server.

But as ever, more details needed.

BTW I'm trying to get together material for a talk on embedded linux and 
now I have a Linksys WRT54GL router, this makes for a better example to 
use for why anyone would want to try squeezing the penguin onto such a 
resource-limited environment. Look out for a talk in the new year, 
sometime.

-Penfold