[TriLUG] OT: laptop needed

[David McDowell]

Greg,

There is a more recent knoppix than 3.8... might want to try it.  I
also have a generic USB to serial adapter which worked under CentOS
4.1, but my memory as to the device name... that's another story...
/dev/usbtty0 or something like that??


On 10/4/05, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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?
> > --
>
> Sadly, no.  I don't have a 9 pin connector on the laptop and the USB
> to serial thing doesn't work under Knoppix.  And, under 3.8, the
> Ethernet controller doesn't seem to work either so I'm dead in the
> water there.  This would be my preferred route (booting knoppix),
> though.
>
> Greg
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