[TriLUG] OT: laptop needed

[John Broome]

On 10/4/05, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Peeps:
>
> I need a laptop.  If I have to go through life with $HUGE_COMPANY'S xp
> laptop for one more day where I am not able to things like.. oh, USE
> THE USB PORT (!!!!) or, um, change my IP address so I can RECOVER A
> ROUTER IN DISASTER RECOVERY MODE I think I might start to bash my head
> against the wall.  And it's brick (and, NO, I can't, for some reason,
> become self-managed under XP to do these things as I am a contractor..
> blah blah blah)

I don't have any laptops hanging around ($BOSS might when he gets back
from OH), but can you boot a knoppix CD until you get your own
recovery laptop?