486DX 8MB Linux firewall?

[Dyngoe]

I know this beast will never run win-anything, but someone once told me linux might work. Anyone have a link or suggestion?

Thanks,
D

 

[Cable God]

I have linux (caldera) running on the oldest 486 w/ 4mb of memory as a occasional file server.. works pretty good but could be better w/ more simms

 

[perry]

I'm pretty sure that Linux will run on a 386 w/ 2MB of RAM. Just don't try recompiling the kernel. RedHat reccomends 16MB of RAM for decent performance, and about a gig of space depending on what you install.

Once upon a time, I had RedHat 4.x on my 486 DX2/66 w/ 8MB RAM. Worked just fine for me. You may not be able to do all the pretty X windows stuff, but you should be able to get things configured in text mode no problemo.

You'll really only need a monitor for initial installation. Once you are able to telnet to the box, you won't need a monitor anymore. I have a linux box sitting here that hasn't had a monitor connected to it in over a year. I just telnet in a few times a week to look at the logs and make sure everything is hunky dory.

 

[murdmath]

Try this. Freesco We use it where I work and we have 30+ PC's. I also have this running at another office and it is running on a 486 33 or something. You may want to see if you can up the ram a bit though.

Mat

 

[L3WK]

I've found Coyote Linux to be better (easier to setup, works without a hitch) than freesco...you may want to check it out as well.

 

[doug]

Linux Router Project (router on a floppy), should work on a 486 with 8MB RAM
http://www.linuxrouter.org/

http://seawall.sourceforge.net/Eiger.htm

http://www.dreamwvr.com/lrp2-info/lrp2-faq-2.html#ss2.1

 

[Wik]

I just started using Freesco a few days ago. I liked it better then Coyote. requires a 386 and 6 megs ram.