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Has anyone heard of the Linux Router Project in case you haven't it is a project that has been launched and the main objective is to create a linux OS that is big enough to fit on a single 1.44Mb floppy disk, a very interesting thing I was just suspicious on if anyone knew if the project had been completed and if so where I can download it, thanks for your time
No project is ever complete but check out here: http://www.linuxrouter.org/
Look under downloads. I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for there.
Thanks alot but I couldn't find much there but i did find a load of other things so i have given you some anti-online points
I'm not looking for antipoints but rather looking to help. Is not what you are looking for here ftp://ftp.linuxrouter.org/linux-router/dists/current ?
Perhaps I misunderstood your question. I thought you wanted to know where you could download it? From the looks of it they have either "completed" the project or stopped devel on it. Take a look at their mailing archives.
I found this ftp://ftp.linuxrouter.org/linux-router/ but i don't understand what to do do i have to download each file individually or something if you could help in any way i would highly appreciate it
RTFM :D
http://www.linuxrouter.org/docs.shtml
or visit:
http://beta.linuxrouter.org/
thanks sooo much for your help i think i have got it sussed now
If you're intersted in a linux router check out this alternative. It has firewall and CD booting capabilities.
http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/
Hey MsMittens,
Do you know a bit more about LRP?
They say it fits a floppy!
Including the Kernel???
A linux kernel is actually quite small (less than a meg if compiled correctly). If need be it can be expanded in RAM and any tools needed are also relatively small. e.g.Quote:
Originally posted here by Networker
Hey MsMittens,
Do you know a bit more about LRP?
They say it fits a floppy!
Including the Kernel???
ifconfig - 65K
route - 50k
So putting a router on a floppy shouldn't be that hard. In fact, one could add iptables which takes a mere 68K of space and make the router a little more secure. Size has always been one of the biggest advantages of the *nix environment.
You'd don't usually see it when you install from distro because they tend to add every bell and whistle they think is necessary. When I installed FreeBSD with just the tools I wanted and no GUI the whole thing took a total of 300MB. And the only reason it took that much is because I asked for all the devel tools.
I hope that clarifies.
If you are looking for a 'right from the net easy to install and run' firewall solution perhaps 'programs' like FreeSCO, BBIagent or FloppyFW are something for you.
FreeSCO is very good, but has some problems with ADSL lines (although it works it needs a fix on every win box due to some wrong(?) protocol interpretation by M$ stuff.)
FreeSCO is one of those programs that convince users how good Unix/linux solutions could be. This little thing runs on a 80486 with as little as 12MB of ram with ease. I installed a FreeSCO 80486 DX with 12MB ram and ISA nic's on a cable connection and it gets 4Mbit speeds and many many concurrent connections without a prob. Has since the install never been turned off. (Uptime more then 6 months, and only this cause the box isn't longer installed yet. <- try to beat this with a win based proxy/gateway/firewall solution)
You can get it from here www.freesco.org
More easy and ready to rock on ADSL, Cable, Modem, DHCP, ... is BBIagent. It's less hardware resource friendly than FreeSCO but a basic Pentium 133 with 32MB ram is enough to run it from. It accepts all major NIC's. (the same goes for FreeSCO) www.bbiagent.com
Once you've downloaded the files, if your in a windows environment, you can use rawwrite to put the image files on the floppy. The floppy will then be bootable and ready for configuring. The other files are for loading differnt nic drivers and such. Hope that gives you some direction.Quote:
Originally posted here by dac0braman
I found this ftp://ftp.linuxrouter.org/linux-router/ but i don't understand what to do do i have to download each file individually or something if you could help in any way i would highly appreciate it
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Checkout freesco.org also, I just set up a decent little home net using ipmasq and firewalling capabilities, all from a floppy. It also has a telnet, web, smpt server, and a neat little web administration tool.