Le mardi 24 juillet à 01:50, Jason White a écrit : > 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.
Hi. I agree with the choice of GRML ; I can add that there is a debian package named grml2usb to obtain an usb stick. With grml2usb you can add your own boot cheatcodes and obtain brltty as soon as the machine boots. > > 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 -- Ph. Delavalade _______________________________________________ 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
