About 8 months ago, when I was trying to get LRP up and running, I was
getting very frustrated. Freesco was configured in running in 15
minutes and worked great. The documentation and setup by script was
easy. I wanted the flexibility of LRP, though, but I couldn't get
anything to load properly given the images that I had. I had even tried
a couple different custom-image configuration sites on the net with no
luck.......
Then I found EigerStein.....
thanks, Charles.
mike.
Tony wrote:
> Morning all,
>
> I think some of you missed my point. I am not really interested in
> using freesco, more to the point:
>
> 1. It was interesting to see someone trying to make a go of selling
> computers with a floppy based firewall.
>
> 2. Since they claim it runs in 6 MB, I would be interested in seeing how
> they have the web-based setup routine work in the limited space.
>
> 3. I wonder if the web based setup would be something that could be
> adapted to LRP without alot of overhead (mainly space requirements).
>
>
> I am glad to see some have used it before. My question to you all is,
> what is the setup routine like? Was it comprehensive? Was it web-based
> or text-based? I have only tried Oxygen's setup a couple of times, and
> it is effective, but unless you know the layout of the system and where
> you should edit for your situation, it can be a little difficult to
> configure. Now, in all honesty, I have not RTFM's, I have "perused"
> them and thought I could figure it out as I went. I was only half
> effective in that approach.
>
> The weird thought I had was what if, like in Oxygen, you had a basic
> boot disk, then you loaded whatever data disk you wanted, followed only
> on the initial boot, a setup diskette. The setup diskette would do the
> grunt work of setting up the basic system (web-based with brief
> explanations on the various screens of what needed to go where). Then
> you could use the package system to setup the individual packages as
> needed.
>
> I hope all that made some sense, and more importantly, I hope I have my
> facts straight on Oxygen since I have only used it twice like I said.
> It took me about a week the first time I tried LRP to figure out that
> when I rebooted, the settings weren't being saved (ramdisk...D'OH!). If
> I am wrong, or misguided, I apologize and would appreciate being pointed
> in the right direction.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony
>
> P.S. The DNS scans have faded out for the most part, but it seems to be
> tied to that damn X-10 advertisement. Whenever I have one pop up, I get
> scanned. I can go for a week or two, nothing, then boom, scan-o-rama.
> I implemented the filter pointing to an external file with the IP's
> listed and that has taken care of it.
>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of kp vander
>> kleut
>> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 06:38
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Cc: David Zilm
>> Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] Now here's an interesting auction
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> last I checked (some months ago) Freesco did only Modem
>> (PPP)lines, no dsl
>> or cable or ethernet, running on a 2.0.36 kernel. their
>> webconfig is a nice
>> setup though slightly confusing at times. Didn't try to find out more
>> because I prefer 2.2.* kernels and use a cable modem. if you
>> decide to try
>> and adept some of it for LRP I would be intrested of course
>> (as would others
>> I presume).
>> I read through their site quickly and found a newer release
>> than the one I
>> saw some time back, they apperently support eth-eth and cable
>> nowadays,
>> maybe I'll take another shot at it. I couldn't find a kernel
>> version in
>> their docs quickly, don't now whether they use ipchains or
>> tables. (They do
>> have a nice setup manual)
>> Good luck
>> Greetings Peter vanderkleut
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Zilm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 10:42 AM
>> Subject: [Leaf-user] Now here's an interesting auction
>>
>>
>>>> Message: 1
>>>> From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 11:08:31 -0400
>>>> Subject: [Leaf-user] OT: Now here's an interesting auction
>>>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>
>>>> First, Hi to all the recently displaced (?) LRP list
>>>
>> members, glad to
>>
>>>> join you over here. Second, sorry about the off topic
>>>
>> post, but have a
>>
>>>> look at this enterprising lad:
>>>>
>>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1245384063
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone tried this freesco yet? I am not interested
>>>
>> in using it, but
>>
>>>> I am interested in the web config they tout. That would
>>>
>> be interesting
>>
>>>> considering they say it runs in as little as 6 MB.
>>>>
>>>> Later
>>>>
>>>> Tony
>>>>
>>> Yes. It works, but in my experience 8MB would be the limit
>>
>> these days.
>> You
>>
>>> cant load any additional monitoring functions in 12MB, so
>>
>> 6MB is just a
>> bit
>>
>>> wishful thinking.
>>>
>>> 32MB SDRAM should permit some utilities (like top,
>>
>> accounting etc) to also
>>
>>> run.
>>>
>>> Like LRP, the P133 is an overkill for the job (gee's a 486DX66 would
>>> suffice for DSL)
>>>
>>> It does write some stuff to floppy/hdd though (config based stuff)
>>> automatically
>>>
>>> A unique way to sell a PC I suppose.
>>> --
>>> -----
>>>
>>> Dave
>>> Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
>>>
>>> mailto: dzilm@!melbpc.org.au-without-the-!
>>>
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