You shouldn't have to compile a kernel just to make a floppy firewall.
The Coyote project is based on the "Linux Router Project," which is an
excellent modular single-floppy router. I don't know what Coyote Linux
is supposed to provide that LRP doesn't already include?? It says on the
Coyote website that the "configuration and maintenance" is improved on
Coyote Linux, but the free version configuration looks the same as LRP.
I'd go with the LRP distribution, it seems to work great, and it's up to date.
The LRP distribution comes with a kernel compiled w/o coprocessor emulation,
however, there are compiled kernels available at their ftp server that
include emulation, which will work on any pc that has 8megs of ram.
If you're doing a dialup, I'd check out the contributed module for ddiald
which includes chat & pppd, as I recall, from Trevor Marshall of BYTE.
http://www.coyotelinux.com/
http://www.linuxrouter.org/
http://www.byte.com/column/BYT19990804S0008
tarball that contains alternate kernels:
ftp://ftp.linuxrouter.org/linux-router/dists/2.9.7/kernel/2.2.16-1.tar.gz
At 12:20 PM 7/31/00 -0700, Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Coyote needs at the minimum 486DX/25mHz. It requires the coprocessor, so
>that's why the "stringent" requirements.
>
>--Mike
>
>Franklin Hays wrote:
>
>> setting up an old USIT 386 with 8MB RAM as a floppy based firewall (thus,
>> no HDD). any reccomendations for the floppy package?
>>
>> went to check out www.linuxfirewall.org and looks like the page is under
>> development (download page is m/t). I tried coyotelinux but couldn't get
>> their kernel to compile on the 386. I am now trying LRP
>> (www.linuxrouter.org).
>>
>> Has anyone else out there set up a floppy based firewall and if so
>> what did you use? This will be an ethernet based packet filtering
>> firewall.
>>
>> thanks,
>> /frank
>
