> > I like the BSD suggestion and I'd like to think that I'm not a chicken > shit for avoiding it for so long even though I am security paranoid. > Is BSD friendly to old computers that cannot boot from CD? > > > > David M. >
Absolutely, using the FTP install method. Example: I currently have OpenBSD installed on an Gateway 2000 Original Solo laptop (circa 1998). The system is a P120 w/40MB of RAM, 1.2GB internal IDE HDD, 3com 3c589 PCMCIA NIC, and an external 10GB IDE drive using a PCMCIA IDE controller. In the past, I've used it as a firewall/router by installing 2 3c589's. Jaimie -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
