Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > Brian Densmore wrote: > >> Help, my firewall box is burning out and I need to >> replace the MB, but I also need to keep it up until >> I have a functioning replacement. Well, I found this >> old 200MHz Pentium Pro laying around, but can only get 16MB to be >> recognized by it. So I need a light OS to use to install on it, and am >> looking for suggestions. My Mandrake 9 and RH 8 won't cut it, and I >> don't have >> a gentoo burnt for Pentiums. > > > That's pleanty of RAM to run LEAF, which can boot from a floppy, > hard-disk, CD, or flash, runs out of RAM once booted, and is > specifically geared to be a firewall/router system: > > http://www.leaf-project.org/ > > I suggest you use Bering, which uses the 2.4 kernel and the excellent > shorewall firewall scripts for stateful filtering: > http://www.leaf-project.org/mod.php?mod=userpage&menu=904&page_id=21 Charles, I finally got this working on the Hitachi laptop! 133 mhz, 16 mb ram. 3com and linksys pcmcia. Really slick!! Thanks for your help!! E