On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 9:45 PM, Nathan Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 18/08/2008, at 12:16 PM, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > >> haven't used routeros in a while but at the time it was inoffensive, it's >> not derived from a general purpose system so it's not something you bolt >> additional bits on if you need them. > > RouterOS is Linux based. > You're correct though, you can't bolt extra stuff on to it, though I'm > pretty sure they do their own 'packages', so maybe 3rd parties can bolt > stuff on that way? I dunno. > >> I actually use freebsd as a router on soekris, but I do need a general >> purpose os on the system as well. > > > I do this as well, works fantastically. > > I've got some build scripts that build NET4x01 images. Kernel and root > filesystem in a single file, boot off a FAT32 formatted compact flash card > with GRUB installed on it. Config in a single file (a filesystem image that > gets mounted at boot time). IPv6 support. [snip]
sounds a lot like Chris Cappuccio's flashdist[0], although that's OpenBSD-specific. (worth noting that I'm partial to OpenBSD here, for both the security track record and tools like pf(4), carp(4), OpenBGPD, etc.) [0]http://www.nmedia.net/flashdist/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED],darkuncle.net} || 0x5537F527 http://darkuncle.net/pubkey.asc for public key