From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 16:24:05 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 096D816A4CF for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:24:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from swin.edu.au (c3p0.cc.swin.edu.au [136.186.1.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68C1C43F3F for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:24:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au) Received: from pvdbergen.caia.swin.edu.au (pvdbergen.caia.swin.edu.au [136.186.229.26]) by swin.edu.au (8.9.3p2-20030918/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA610720; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:22:11 +1100 (EST) From: paul van den bergen To: Jonathon McKitrick Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:22:11 +1100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20031119153747.GA38586@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <3FBBDAF6.9060307@daleco.biz> <20031119214301.GA40649@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20031119214301.GA40649@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200311201122.11142.pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I set up a firewall with minimal disk access? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:24:05 -0000 On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:43 am, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 03:04:54PM -0600, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > : Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > : >Hi all, > : > > : >I'm hoping to use an old laptop for a dialup firewall. I'd like to > : > leave it > : >always on as part of the network, but I don't want it to have the HD > : >running > : >all the time. If possible, I'd like it to work almost completely > : > without the drive. > : > > : >How could I do this? > : > > : >NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. > : > > : >jm > : > : #man picobsd > > Exactly what I needed! Thanks! You can also get CF and similar solid stat memory chips to IDE connection adaptors for around AU$30... so you could have the boot image etc. on a disk with no moving parts... also USB minidisk stuff too... quieter, no moving parts.... for use in conjunction with picobsd, etc.... -- Dr Paul van den Bergen Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures caia.swin.edu.au pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au IM:bulwynkl2002 "And some run up hill and down dale, knapping the chucky stones to pieces wi' hammers, like so many road makers run daft. They say it is to see how the world was made." Sir Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well 1824