On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 09:51 +0300, Harry Lachanas wrote: > >> > >> > >> One thing I've always hated was to search netfilter.org and find patches > >> or whatever, > >> > > > > True, but there is no way around :-( > > > > Kernel 2.6 has most of the modern goodies, but it is substantially > > larger than 2.4 and it will be very difficult to fit a working system on > > a single floppy. > > > > > Lets be honest who needs a floppy nowdays ( I think they are very > difficult to find and very expensive ) > I have bought recently a CF 512M flash card ( No smaller card was > available ) + the adaptor for 27 Euros and I don't reside in the > cheapest area in Europe. > > Lets make a poll to find out how many of us are booting bering from a > floppy and decide from there. > > Personally I've been using Bering-uClibc for 5-6 years I started from a > floppy on a 486, when I pushed the button to boot I had to go and make a > cup of coffee call a friend and then work on it again. > >> I think I'll start slow and move my boxes to openwrt where the kernel is > >> 2.6 > >> > > > > I am in the early phases of a 2.6 LEAF mainly because 2.4 is loosing > > development momentum. > > > Yesterday I downloaded openwrt ( kamikaze ), > I played a bit around and build (x86) a system that It supposed to boot, > in no time on my laptop ( Actually I was away ) with no problems. > > Then I changed a few vars and build a mipsel image of the same config. > > I would kill to see THIS on our ENV which I've worked with it for years, > I am familiar ( debian look and feel ) and love it. > > Enough said, > > > Regards, > Harry Using a floppy is the only way old systems can be used as a firewall (except using a HD, which in my opinion is more vulnerable, or a CD, which is cumbersome when you want to change things). Joep
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