[rescue] running Netra headless (new rescue)

Joshua D Boyd jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu
Thu Nov 21 17:54:53 CST 2002


On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 06:46:10PM -0500, Dan Sikorski wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 11:57, Dave McGuire wrote:
> >    Your best bet is to pick up a USB<->Serial adapter (Keyspan, 
> > etc...check eBay) and use a terminal program (Kermit for example) to 
> > connect through the port.
> 
> How well do those things work?  Do the requre some sort of software or
> driver to use, or will they work with any usb port on any machine
> without drivers?

They tend to require drivers.  But, perhaps the driver comes
preinstalled or something with modern windows and macos?
 
I don't know what the state is with Linux.  I haven't even gotten around
to making my USB mouse work in linux.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd



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