On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Jerry Winegarden wrote:
> On 16 Dec 2002, Ben Russo wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 17:14, Ed Wilts wrote:
> > > On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 08:26:47PM -0500, Ben Russo wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 12:39, RedHat wrote:
> > > > > I have some older computers the oldest being a 386 and I have a copy of
> > > > > Linux 6.0. I would like to get some use out of these computers so I was
> > > > > thinking I could install 6.0 on one and make it my firewall. Would this be a
> > > > > good idea or should I stick with 8.0? Maybe set the others up as email and
> > > > > bind servers?
>
> Such machines work great as ip masquerade boxes.
> A 386 will work fine as a ipchains box. I might recommend 6.2 instead of
> 6.0, though. You can get installation cookbooks/configuration scripts for
> 6.0 and 6.2 from: http://www-jerry.oit.duke.edu
>
> Another option for an older, smaller machine might be LRP (Linux Router
> Project). It's designed to boot from one floppy and run from a RAM disk,
> one of those "skinny" linuxes: http://www.linuxrouter.org
>
> > > >
> > > > As long as you don't expect them to be speed burners you can run
> > > > RedHat 8.0 on them. I wouldn't expect them to be the fastest boxes in
> > > > the world, but for a cable or DSL line with a handfull of protected
> > > > boxes, this should be fine.
> > >
> > > Nope. Red Hat does not support installing or running 8.0 on a 386. If you
> > > use something like the RULE project to get Linux installed, it won't be
> > > Red Hat Linux.
> > >
> > Pardon me... I didn't know that RedHat stopped supporting i386...
> > But you can install 7.3 on 80386 processors, no need to go all the way
> > back to 6.2
Actaully, I meant to respond to Ben's comment. You can probably install
7.3, although you will still need enough memory. But there are boxes
where the installer doesn't work (I have one) and you won't get help from
Red Hat for these with 7.3 either. Fortunately, the RULE project has 7.3
installers also (and they don't require as much memory, either).
Someone else pointed outthat if you install with RULE, it's still not
officially Red Hat Linux.
> >
>
> On 386's yes, but not on this 386 without adding more memory.
> 6.2 only required 16MB to do the installation. I'm assuming he doesn't
> have the memory on the 386.
>
> The nice thing about 7.3 is that it's easier to keep UP2DATE than a 6.2
> box. (Easier to set up as a rhn client). Keeping updated is important to
> keep from getting cracked.
>
>
>
>
--
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
--
redhat-list mailing list
unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
