Tiny Core Linux

General TC => General TC Talk => Topic started by: Ellus on January 21, 2012, 05:59:18 PM

Title: Tinycore gateway to run iptables,dhcp server with minimum ram
Post by: Ellus on January 21, 2012, 05:59:18 PM

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?

Title: Re: Tinycore to run iptables,dhcp server, tor with minimum ram
Post by: hiro on January 21, 2012, 06:06:34 PM

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

Title: Re: Tinycore to run iptables,dhcp server, tor with minimum ram
Post by: Ellus on January 21, 2012, 06:15:53 PM

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

Title: Re: Tinycore to run iptables,dhcp server, tor with minimum ram
Post by: hiro on January 21, 2012, 07:59:18 PM

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

Title: Re: Tinycore to run iptables,dhcp server, tor with minimum ram
Post by: bmarkus on January 22, 2012, 01:20:35 AM

Quote from: hiro on January 21, 2012, 07:59:18 PM

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.

Title: Re: Tinycore to run iptables,dhcp server, tor with minimum ram
Post by: hiro on January 22, 2012, 09:17:50 AM

According to their website there's a x86 port.

Title: Re: Tinycore to run iptables,dhcp server, tor with minimum ram
Post by: hiro on January 23, 2012, 10:17:16 AM

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