[PLUG] how small will Gentoo go?

Keith Nasman keith at nasman.us
Thu Nov 9 14:52:21 UTC 2006



Carla Schroder 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!

Carla,

www.gumstix.com might be an option. Not only do they have really small 
form formfactors but you can roll your own software to install. Give 
them a look.

Keith



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