Mike Keithley <[email protected]> wrote: > I need a Linux rescue distro on a USB thumb drive so I can manage my laptops > which don't have Linux. I'd like a console-based system with the necessary > USB modules For a USB/serial converter so I can use my PowerBraille display > with BRLTTY.
Try GRML and see its wiki for instructions for use with BRLTTY. Alternatively, install Debian to the drive and only select the packages that you want. GRML should be easier, however, since it is already designed as a rescue system. You can boot GRML as a live CD and then run the included scripts to install it to the drive. Again, it's all on the wiki. I haven't installed GRML myself; I run it from a CD when I need it, which isn't often (all my machines are Linux systems and the only situation in which I need a rescue environment is when I or a package maintainer has made a mistake that renders a machine unbootable, which doesn't happen often). As an aside, I needed GRML a few months ago when crackers were trying to compromise my machine. I was worried they might have managed to get in, thus I booted into GRML to carry out checks. Fortunately, they hadn't exploited anything, though they were sending lots of packets in from various hosts and probing ports - mostly Windows-related ports, as it turned out - very likely a script that performed random probes and attacks against machines on the network. They also took rather a long time to give up, despite the "port unreachable" replies that my machine sent back. _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
