HI, Yes, i want to make floppy based distribution with firewall features and if possible vpn features also. one more doubt i am having . how to create RAM disk . I s there any limit for the size (4096). I tried with this command dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ram0 bs=1K count=4096 . can i give more 4096 ? If i can more 4096 what will be the limitation .
juliet > On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 10:17:04AM -0500, P V Juliet wrote: > > > > I want to get prepare my own linux distribution floppy. > > where i can get the details? > > > ---end quoted text--- > > Did not get your question correctly. Which of these are you > thinking of? > > a) Making a floppy based distro ? Then have a look at busybox > The docs give you a good start with half the needed utils > in a multi-function binary. Also look at tinylogin .. Both > are linked on freshmeat. > > b) A boot floppy for your CD based distro? Have a look at LFS > (linuxfromscratch), or boot floppies of major distros like > Slackware (LILO based), debian or RH (syslinux based). > > I have the experience of cooking my own floppy based distro > for rescue disk and net access, running directly from ramdisk > on any Intel based platform. > > HTH > > Bish > > -- > : > ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### > > Sub : Printing a manpage LOST #193 > > Need to print a manpage ? Use: > $man name_of_manpage | col -bx | lpr > > ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>######################################## > : > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Gadgets, caffeine, t-shirts, fun stuff. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
