Hi,
first things first, I get the digest version of the slug mailing list, and
the messages come in the wrong order, and sometimes not at all. Does anyone
else have this problem? Is the slug server at fault?
OK, the question. I have an unused hard-diskless 486 that is to be used as a
firewall for my network. I plan to make a boot-disk to load up a small Linux
setup with the networking stuff I need (maybe look at a BootP/DHCP setup
later).
I compiled a minimal monolithic kernel with the necessary networking stuff,
and the resulting zImage is 400Kb. Is this about average for these purposes?
I found the Bootdisk-HOWTO and after reading through it, making the disk
seems straightforward. However, I wouldn't know where to start with the
network configuration. I would very much appreciate it if someone could give
me an outline of what files I would need for ip masquarading, ipchains etc.
BTW, I looked into the Linux Router Project but I noticed they are using an
older kernel (2.0.36). I would prefer if I could have at least a 2.2.x
kernel and tools on the disk, as I am relatively new to this.
Thanks for your time,
Alex
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