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Confused Fishcake · 3rd Jan 2007, 19:45

Hi all,

I have just managed to get an old B&W laptop, with no cd, no usb, no anything really. Windows 3.1 was running on it, I forgot the specs exactly, but they are pretty bad if the 80mb hard drive is anything to go by. I would like to use it as a serial console for a slightly better pc running xubuntu edgy. I don't know if my usage of serial console is correct, I basically want a bash shell running. I can easily make the null modem (?) cable required. The only possible issue is that I can only use a floppy to transfer files, so I might have to resort to something like a tomsrtbt floppy. I really have no idea as to the software side of things though

Shagbag · 3rd Jan 2007, 21:14

Now THAT sounds like a challenge.
If you can boot it with a linux floppy distro and get it to talk to another, more powerful linux box you might be able to mount the 80MB hard drive from the second machine and install Damn Small Linux (50MB) on it. Achieving that could be your command line masterpiece.

3rd Jan 2007, 19:45	#1
Confused Fishcake Hypermodder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Hertford, UK Posts: 698	Remote Serial Console? Hi all, I have just managed to get an old B&W laptop, with no cd, no usb, no anything really. Windows 3.1 was running on it, I forgot the specs exactly, but they are pretty bad if the 80mb hard drive is anything to go by. I would like to use it as a serial console for a slightly better pc running xubuntu edgy. I don't know if my usage of serial console is correct, I basically want a bash shell running. I can easily make the null modem (?) cable required. The only possible issue is that I can only use a floppy to transfer files, so I might have to resort to something like a tomsrtbt floppy. I really have no idea as to the software side of things though __________________ My Laptop: Inspiron 1501: Turion64 X2 TL-52 @ 1.6GHz, 1GB DDR2, 120GB SATA HD, 256Mb ATI 1150, 15.4" widescreen lcd, 8x DVD+/-RW, running Gentoo amd64. My Server #1: Pentium III @ 500MHz, 192MB DDR, 290GB in total, running headless Gentoo x86. My Server #2: Athlon 4 @ 1.7 GHz, 128MB DDR, 40GB, running headless Gentoo x86.

3rd Jan 2007, 21:14	#2
Shagbag All glory to the Hypnotoad! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: /dev/null Posts: 320	Now THAT sounds like a challenge. If you can boot it with a linux floppy distro and get it to talk to another, more powerful linux box you might be able to mount the 80MB hard drive from the second machine and install Damn Small Linux (50MB) on it. Achieving that could be your command line masterpiece. __________________ Worth thinking about: do Firefox exploits affect non-Windows users?

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