[PLUG] how small will Gentoo go?

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

Carla Schroder wrote:
> On Thursday 09 November 2006 06:52, Keith Nasman wrote:
>   
>> 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:
>>>       
> ..
>   
>>> 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
>>     
>
> Gumstix are cooool. I want one for a road-warrior VoIP device. :)
>   
Wow! That *is* cool!