On Aug 1, 10:02am, Tim Weaver wrote:

> A question I have...I hear that most distros of Linux install more than is
> necessary for a machine to be used solely for a firewall/router.  What at
> the minimum packages I'd need to install (using RH 6.1) so that I would have
> what it necessary to accomplish this?  Given RH's "dependency check", if I
> merely selected IPCHAINS, would it check to make sure I had everything else
> I needed (hardware support, etc.)?  I am, too, a newbie and am hacking away
> at this, but my machete needs a good sharpening...

I don't know what the minimum necessary would be using RH 6.1, but...

You should be able to put everything you need onto a single floppy. 
Check out the Linux Router Project:

	http://www.linuxrouter.org/
	http://lrp.c0wz.com/