Voyage Linux is a Debian Lenny r5.0 based distro built from scratch. It is best run on a x86-based embedded platform such as Soekris 45xx/48xx and WRAP boards. It can also run on low-end x86 PC platforms. Typical installation requires 64MB disk space, although larger storage allows more packages to be installed. Voyage Linux is so small that it is best suited for running a full-feature firewall, wireless access point, VoIP gateway and network storage device.

Here are some highlighted features:

• Basic features
  • based on Debian Lenny r5.0 - stripped down only 128MB disk space required
  • highly extensible through apt package management
• The kernel
  • Linux 2.6 kernel - always latest.
  • Full ALIX/WRAP board support - watchdog, gpio, temperature reading and LED patch.
• WiFi support
  • built in hostap, prism54 and madwifi drivers, optional ndiswrapper drivers
  • WPA support via hostapd and wpa_supplicant
  • WDS support via hostap and madwifi drivers
  • hostap txpower and non-volatile firmware download support
  • Captive Portal: built-in nocatsplash support, optional nocatauth package available

• Getting Voyage
• Installation
• Development
  • Building Voyage from scratch
  • Building Voyage Kernel
  • Debian Development Environment
  • Voyage Customization Framework
  • Manual Customization
  • Network Booting with PXE
  • Root Filesystem over NFS
  • Booting voyage with qemu (a virtual machine) QEMU
• Testimonial – See how people are using voyage linux
• Feature Request – add your request for kernel and distro features
• Contribution – packages, updates and patches offered by various contributors:
  • Alexandros C. Couloumbis - customized voyage-ozonet distro
  • Beat Meier - various packages such as kismet, wavemon and 2.6.14 kernel.
  • Damini Mark - kernel support >4G memory.
  • Punky - testing kernel from various requests.

• FAQs
  • Why can't bridge wireless interface in Managed mode?
  • Why I got modprobe scx200_acb - probe failed?
  • Why I get zero value from temperature reading?
  • Does voyage work on the newer Alix boards?
  • How do I / How to Questions.
  • How do I install Voyage on a USB Flash Drive?
  • How do I install Voyage-Current on a USB Flash Drive with extLinux?
  • How do I upgrade Voyage?
  • How do I upgrade to newer version of Voyage?
  • How do I change the hostname?
  • How do I use voyage on WRAP boards?
  • How do I get a web interface with php support?
  • How to set country code for madwifi device?
  • How to release /dev/ttyS0 from console once boot?
  • How to make SNMP work for voyage?
  • How do I install Voyage so it can be upgraded remotely?
  • How do I dual boot a WRAP box?
  • How to add external switches to a WRAP box?
  • How to configure and use the /ro and /rw directories
  • How to remove the /ro and /rw directory stuff
  • How to get linux-header so you can build?
  • How do I upgrade my CF to a bigger one
  • How do I make an image that I can write to a CF card?
  • How do I start a script after booting?
  • Why does php date() fail with a timezone error?
• Networking
  • How do I make a bridge with Voyage?
  • How to build a transparent bridge using OpenVPN
  • How to bridge using wds?
  • How to bridge wireless device in Managed mode?
  • How do I set ethernet port speed?
• Wireless
  • How do I get bcm43xx working with WPA?
  • How to solve the cold boot problem on old wrap boards when using high power 400mw cards
  • How do I use WPA Encryption? / What's need to be done that it does really work..
  • How do I set txpower for hostap driver?
  • When running modbus I get an error about ratectrl on my atheros based card
  • How do I get ndiswrapper to work?
  • How to setup a wireless access point using WPA2 and Atheros chip

For general help on using voyage linux, join the voyage-linux mailing list.

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