Tinycore gateway to run iptables,dhcp server with minimum ram

[Ellus]

Hi,
I configured Tinycore  to run as gateway (dhcp,iptables) (on virtualbox), and it runs with minimum of 32 MB ram.
Is it possible to reconfigure it in a way to use much more less ram? and can I remove any "not required for such task" files to reduce the virtual HDD size?

[hiro]

It's by design. If you need lower RAM you should try an other OS and build your own Kernel (with localmodconfig)

[Ellus]

Thanks Hiro, any suggestions of such OS (apart from Openwrt which is too complicated compared to my poor Linux knowledge)?

[hiro]

Nope. I agree Openwrt being the obvious choice though. Haven't used it yet.

[bmarkus]

Nope. I agree Openwrt being the obvious choice though. Haven't used it yet.

Is x86 version available? Originally it is for ARM and I havn't seen ports to other architectures.

[hiro]

According to their website there's a x86 port.

[hiro]

By the way: TOR itself will be your biggest RAM problem.