Re: [TCLUG:18539] Tiny laptop firewall distro suggestions, please

[Mike Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu>]

Chris Schumann wrote:
> 
[snip]
> Here's the rub: I want to use the original 170MB drive that came with
> the machine.
> Another rub: There's no CD drive, but I have two IBM Home & Away NIC's
> that do work with linux (I installed on a 2.1GB drive I had installed).
> 
> I've tried Red Hat Linux 6.2, and even when I pare off all I think I
> can, it still requires about 180MB, and I would like to have a *little*
> room left over for log files and such.
> 
> Can you kind folks suggest some distributions I should try that will
> actually install on this tiny drive?

You could try ZipSlack, though that is meant to run off of a FAT
partition (using UMSDOS).  But it should fit -- it's made to fit on a
100MB Zip disk with room to spare.

http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/zipslack/

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