[PLUG] how small will Gentoo go?

[drew wymore]

On 11/6/06, Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com> wrote:
>
> hey all,
>
> How small can you make a Gentoo installation? I want to roll my own
> firewall/WAP/router Linux, and I want it to be as small as possible, and
> to
> be easily customizable and upgradeable. Which sounds like Gentoo, does it
> not?
> Pyramid Linux, Pebble, and other WAP Linuxes weigh in from 50-128
> megabytes.
> How does Gentoo compare? Here's a sample feature list:
>
> -iptables
> -openvpn
> -support only for installed devices
> -openssh
> -stunnel
> -dnsmasq
> -maybe some kind of public WAP frontend like Wifidog or nocat auth
> -ntpd
> -the usual gnu tools and essential system administration tools, some
> net tools
>
> I want to keep it under 64 megabytes.
>
> thanks!
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If you're not opposed to using off the shelf hardware like a linksys WAP
then you can get the firmware that is linux based. I've been running it for
a few months now and love it.