Laurence Chiu wrote:
>
> Out of interest, would a 486DX/33 20MB 420MB HD be good enough to run a
> Linux (or BSD) firewall and router? I have one and was thinking I could use
> it for that or perhaps sell it to somebody who might have such a need?
>

Coyote Linux is based on the Linux Router Project and runs on a 486 DX.
Itl oads from a floppy, and runs in memory, needing no hard disk. To
keep the kernel image size down it requires floating point hardware.
You vcan set it up for dial-up, PPPoE, or straight ethernet connections.

See www.coyotelinux.com

--brian

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Received on Sat Mar 3 21:56:44 2001