I remember there used to be those places where you entered what you wanted
and an image was built for you -- do they still exist anywhere?
Thanks,
-J
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] Now here's an interesting auction
> 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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