>> Linux does run on a 386, but you do need enough memory for the task.
>> With 4 MB you could a few pico sessions maybe, not firewalling.
>
>Why not? For firewalling all you really need (minimally) is an adequately
>configured kernel. syslogd maybe if you want to log it. The kernel will
>take up anywhere upto 1-2meg depending on how beefily you configure it, so
>that leaves 2-3meg for other stuff.
>
>Or am I missing something fundamental?
You need enough memory to hold the ramdisk and to run the utilities that
configure the firewall, and have enough left over for the packet buffers.
Also as the ramdisk is often compressed to fit onto the floppy, you need
enough memory to run bunzip2 or gunzip.
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