Re: Building kernel from scratch

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On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 15:53 +0000, Phil Brooks (Brooks Computer
Solutions) wrote:
> Those Dis tend not to be OpenSource, is it not posible to do this with
> FC then ?

HUH?  Certainly possible to use FCx bot may/may not be the best choice
if that's all you want to do with the box.

>         ----- Original Message ----- 
>         From: Phil Brooks (Brooks Computer Solutions) 
>         To: For users of Fedora Core releases 
>         Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 3:37 PM
>         Subject: Building kernel from scratch 
>         
>         
>         Ok so I want to create a router with as little amount of space
>         used up as posible including PPTD and Firewall.
>          
>         I've got a sneaking suspision that when you install FC1 even
>         if you use the custom options lots of unwanted programs get
>         compiled into the kernel. Is it posible to cutdown the amount
>         of unwanted programs which a compiled to kind of like
>         streamline the kernel.
>          
>         Once you have stream lined the kernel who do you create like a
>         boot partion to boot the kernel?
>          
>         Or am I completly on the wrong track and need shooting?

A google on "linux firewall" would be a good starting point.  Sounds
like you may want one of the CD/floppy-bootable distros that are
specialized for firewalls.

Another Phil

P.S.

Please avoid posting in HTML - it seems to annoy a lot of list members.
May have better luck getting answers with text-only posts. :-)



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