LinuxFromScratch is just docco to help you build your Linux Distro ... you should read this ... unless you want to experiment with building from the kernel outwards on your own (which is probably the way most people on this list have done it - considering the LFS project hasn't been around as long as this one has).
However, for what you want you may find it easier to stuff-around with one of the floppy distro's ... like LRP (linuxrouterproject) or ...bugger-it .. there's another floppy distro that I really like that I can never remember the name of ... they too are a good learning/starting point. And the LRP has almost all of the work done for you already (and fits in a floppy). The problem is, that the space in the BIOS Flash is not growing in size .. the only way to do what you want is to use one of the boards that boots already with the Disk on Chip Millenium ... (8Mbytes). ... otherwise you'll need your complete distro to fit into 2Mbits (256k) ... and the current thread(s) are that this isn't going to happen in Linux (at least not in 2.4.x) which is where you're best Firewalling Code is (iptables with stateful inspection) .. and there's no room for IPSec or your application proxies ... ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Stephen Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: just an idea >Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 17:01:44 -0800 > > there is the LFS or LinuxFromScratch.org project and > they say they can get a server down to what was it? 5 > meg? in any case chips that seem to be able to take > the place of the bios chip are growing in size, i just > wonderd if you had considerd takeing linux bios a > little farther and make linuxbios firewall or linux > bios file server? where the whole os loads from bios > gets shadowd into ram and well, you guys probobly know > better than I. id like to hear your input on this > though :) is it possible? is it a good idea? where > could i get information if i considerd takeing on such > a task? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! > http://greetings.yahoo.com >
