small size os
 

i need a small operating system that i could put on an old tandy comp. im goin to format it than out sumthin else on it. smaller than 600k if possible.

FreeBSD?

PicoBSD biaaatch :) :biggrin: 8)

http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html

same shiat, different pile
:lol:

thats nice

i need to learn more FreeBSD commands so i can use my old comp as a firewall

www.freebsd.org/handbook/

RTFM 8)

hehe :wavey:

what does RTFM mean??

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Read the *Freaking Manual

*usually replaced a worse word, beginning with F

bleh

so much to read

so time consuming

Uh, good luck with FreeBSD:

Eviltechie: Ewww, is that like, the process necessary for Ethernet configuration? It seems like it'd take like, two days, just to get the OS running at a minimal capacity, if it keeps going at that pace.

no kidding

too time consuming

not my way of working....

yes, im a lazyboy

this guy I know told me about this firewall OS. He said it didn't require a hard drive. you could fit it on a floppy and it was configurable via web interface. Now to remember where it was

floppyfw?

do you guys read the entire thing? yeesh
this is what i like:

http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html

but heres floppyfw:

http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/


also if you would read what it actually SAYS:
ifconfig being the command, and the display for the config is all the crap below.... :shake:

stupid handbook...

it just says to type in that whole thing
located in "6.6.2 Configuring the Network Card"
on this page
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO...ook/x6696.html

here is an exact cut and paste quote

and if you read about 15 lines down...

see?

% is the shell prompt... all that other stuff is not the command..when you just type "ifconfig" that status is what it displays... if you notice the part of the command being typed is bolded..

let me show you an example... ( on that same link you gave me about a page down )
you don't type out all that...... only those on the line of the shell prompt (i.e. "%")

i see i see

i have a whole lot to learn...

hey, what does -c5 mean after ping command
does it mean ping using 5 packets?

tru, and also to find out what all the switches (i.e. -c5) you can just read the man files:

"man ping"

it tells you more then u every wanna know for the command

most every program has a man file to teach ya what u need to know.

once you know the syntax tho its pretty simple ( i have a lot to learn too i'm a novice to normal user..i can get around and install a couple things )

Getting a little OT, but I think if I had a *third* computer, I'd consider making it a Linux/BSD box, and configuring like, *one* thing per day, until it was up and running in like, a month, heh. I'm not sure what I'd do with it though...but the experience would be very useful, IMO.

I would go with floppyfw

all I had to do was
-building the machine with two nics and floppy
-make the floppy disc
-put username and pass on the floppy disc (in config)
-start using it.

why only 2 NICs?

dont u need one coming from the modem, one to comp1, and one more to comp2 so total of 3 NICs?

the more i hear about gigabit ethernet, the more i want it...

but of course, i dont even have a T3 or T1 to go with it
so there is no point for me...

I'm surprised people haven't started calling me RTFM yet. I can't stand manuals.

well they can't "call you RTFM," its telling someone to do something..

manuals tell ya everything d00d

one to modem one to switch/hub
switch/hub to comp 1-4 or 1-8 or 1-16 etc.

unless u use BNC/coax no hub needed

What I meant was that people would likely be saying it to me so often, they started just saying that only to me, and then just got used to saying it and started referring to me by it.

no bear

i thought we are talking about using this as a router
and if its a router, why does it need another switch/hub since it has the feature already?