Re: [SLUG] FreeBSD vs. Linux

From: Carson Wilcox (carsonwilcox@firstlinux.net)
Date: Tue Nov 27 2001 - 07:04:17 EST


Don't you guys think it's about time that this thead got renamed?

Carson R. Wilcox
Senior Consultant
DMR Consulting
Tampa, FL USA

--- "Doc - KD4E" <e.net@verizon.net> wrote:
>Thanks Brett! I suppose I will make the effort to locate a 12 or
>16m ram module for my ThinkPad to provide a little breathing
>room and then see about firing up Coyote. Just barely making
>it does not give me a good feeling about stability in a mission
>critical application. :-)
>
>BTW: I am located near New Port Richey in Hudson and am
>the Section Emergency Coordinator with for the 10 County
>Amateur Radio West Central Florida group. You involved
>at all in Amateur Radio or emergency stuff?
>
>doc
>
>> Mine is an old 486 workstation with two 3com isa nics. This way I only had
>to load one 3c509 module.
>>
>> >>> e.net@verizon.net 11/26/01 03:25PM >>>
>> From the Coyote site:
>>
>> "Coyote Linux WILL boot in 8MB; Coyote Linux will most likely crash
>> in 8MB if you use ANY of the additional daemons that come with it...
>> it has done so to many people."
>>
>> Are you running yours on a laptop with pcmcia nics? Perhaps it
>> is the pcmcia modules that would force a 12mb minimum?
>>
>> I suppose I should see if I can locate a ram upgrade for my old
>> ThinkPad 360cse. No way would I pay new vendor prices but
>> perhaps someone has one used they'd part with cheap.
>>
>> Thanks! doc
>>
>>
>> > http://www.coyotelinux.com/ has a distribution that you can download
>> > and build a floppy based firewall/router. I've had one running for
>almost
>> > 6 months without a problem. Mine is a 486dx with 12mb of ram. It should
>> > work with 8mb of ram provided you don't load a bunch of modules into
>> > the kernel.
>> >
>> > Brett Simpson
>> > Internet Administrator for Hillsborough County
>> > (813) 301-7144
>> > simpsonb@hillsboroughcounty.org
>> >
>> > >>> selinux@home.com 11/23/01 01:52AM >>>
>> > On Friday 23 November 2001 01:00, you wrote:
>> > > Just wasted my time on Freesco -- sure wish they'd state this up
>> > > front! "Freesco doesn't support any PCMCIA"
>> > > "and we are not going to add it, sorry."
>> > >
>> > > Next suggestion, please?
>> > >
>> > > Remember, I am looking for a small firewall for my IBM ThinkPad
>> > > (laptop) with 8m RAM, 486dx/2 50mhz CPU, 360m HDD, FDD,
>> > > and two PCMCIA ports -- no built-in nic or modem -- must handle
>> > > PCMCIA nics to connect with external ADSL device.
>> > > (Currently has Win95 loaded. That will be wiped.)
>> > >
>> >
>> > Doc ... have you looked at floppyfw? I think it can shimmy in at 8 meg

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