[wplug] Remote Serial Terminal

[Vanco, Don]

Larry - 
Take a look at the LTSP - Linux Terminal Server Project.  By setting up a
TFTP server and providing a kernel image loadable via TFTP you breath new
life into less machines.  If the laptop cannot network boot you'll have to
have a boot floppy, but with a little reading you'll have it set up in no
time.
http://www.ltsp.org/

There are also several diskette boot Linux installs that can at least get
you network connectivity and SSH - much easier than setting up LTSP, but a
lot less fun :)

Don

wplug-admin at wplug.org wrote:
> I would like to use an old laptop as a dumb terminal.  The laptops I
> have are too old or have too small of a hard drive to run Linux. My
> big noisy desktop sits in the basement.  I want a wired connection
> that would give me a command line interface from a laptop to the
> desktop PC. 
> 
> I have seen this done with Linux embedded on PC/104 CPUs.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Vanco, Don [SMTP:don.vanco at agilysys.com]
>> Sent:	Monday, December 15, 2003 1:33 PM
>> To:	'wplug at wplug.org'
>> Subject:	RE: [wplug] Remote Serial Terminal
>> 
>> wplug-admin at wplug.org wrote:
>>> I am running RedHat on a desktop PC.  (I can use either 8, 9 or
>>> Fedora) 
>>> 
>>> I would like to be able to access the PC via a remote serial
>>> terminal.  Does anyone know if I will need to modify the kernel to
>>> do this? I am assuming this would be an RS-232 link.
>> No - you just need to add a getty to that port to allow a login.
>> 
>>> Is it possible to
>>> easily do this with an ethernet link?
>> 	I'm not clear on what you're doing here - are you looking to add a
>> "dumb terminal" or are you looking to add access for another
>> computer on a network?  If it's the latter, I believe that Linux has
>> some tools to offer connectivity via Ethernet. 
>> 
>> Don
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