small linux

[Kanel Roath]

have an old computer with 64mb. want to install linux with a small system require to act as the firewall server only. any one suggestion?

[OriginalGriff]

Stick the disk in and turn it on?

Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

[Reiss]

Not set one up in a while but I used to use smoothwall[^]

[Cristian Amarie]

What OS for my old PC?[^] Minimal specs when using FreeBSD purely as a firewall?[^]

Nuclear launch detected

[CodyDaemon]

http://www.pfsense.org/[^]

[Gizz]

Seconded

[Ron Nicholson]

I'd look at OpenBSD. I used it once as a transparent firewall. Didn't have any hacks that I know of, so I assume it worked. :-D

Jack of all trades, master of none, though often times better than master of one.

[PIEBALDconsult]

The Red Hat 7.1 I have (from 2001) seems to require a minimum of 32MB and a 486. Does your system have a 3.5" floppy drive?

[Yvan Rodrigues]

Linux is for kids. :laugh: The grownups use FreeBSD. M0n0wall[^] and pfSense[^] are FreeBSD firewalls that operate off a livecd, USB stick or, CF card. They recommend 64MB RAM.

Yvan Rodrigues, C.Tech. Red Cell Innovation Inc.