Building kernel from scratch
Phil Schaffner
P.R.Schaffner at IEEE.org
Sun Jan 9 16:01:44 UTC 2005
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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