Carl, You really should think about adding a little RAM to this project. 8 or 16 MB would run much better. Kevin Carl Parrish wrote: > > I'm trying the same thing only using my > 486SX2 50 MHZ > 420 MB Hard Drive > and 4 MB of RAM > > I realize that with that amount of ram there is no way I'm going to get any > of the GUIs to work and honesty I dont' care for any of them so I'm not > worried about that but are there any firewalls that will work on this > machine (I'm thinking it'll be next to impossible to get more memory for > it). I have access to Red Hat or the Corel distribution (which I understand > is really just Debian) . Are there better distribution to work pared down > like this? I'll only be using it for the firewall. > > Thanks, > Carl Parrish > Webmaster > ComputerPREP.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joel Dudley > To: > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:24 PM > Subject: Re: Router/Firewall > > > E-mail me tomorrow and I will send you a generic script from work. > > > > - Joel > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Samson, Eric > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 10:23 AM > > Subject: Router/Firewall > > > > > > > Ok, I am trying to put together a firewall/router box on my @home > > connection > > > and this is the hardware I have so far: > > > > > > Old Cyrix 6x86 200 (acutally a 166 in the fine print) > > > cd rom > > > floppy drive > > > 32 MB of RAM > > > 428 MB hard drive > > > > > > I am not so sure if the hard drive is of sufficient size... Once I get > the > > > box assembled, I want to install Red Hat 6.2 on it... Can anyone point > me > > > in the right direction for documentation or recommend any good books > which > > > can help me get started on what I need to do after the install? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Kevin O'Connor The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. -- Francis Bacon