On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Vim Visual wrote:
> Woodchuck, you're talking in Chinese! I'm doing my best and I'm
> reading the Absolute book in the tram everyday but I guess an easier
> solution for dmesg would be to use LAN or a flash usb gimmick ;)
Heh. That was actually written in Old Hackish. I'm a fossil. I
own two real VT-101 terminals. I actually have one wired up and
in intermittent use. I'm sentimental about them. It's worth it
once to use vi on the keyboard/screen that it was (probably) designed
on. (The escape key is convenient, and CTRL is where the PeeCee
weirdly put the useless "capslock" key. There is no "ALT".)
But linking two com ports for either login via a terminal emulator
or setting up ppp networking is a Worthy Exercise. If the LAN
won't start, then you need a console. It is considered Bad Form
to boot a "rescue diskette" if other means are still available.
(Like if you do something -- say, run Mozilla :-) -- that crashes
X and locks up your keyboard. This can usually be fixed over
a serial line without rebooting. Rebooting = more Bad Form --
I suspect that attitude is why the *nixes tend to be able to
go so long without it.)
One of the real drawbacks of the PeeCee architecture is its lack
of a true console over a RS-232 port. (I mean one that works as
console from power on.) I guess now there are various rack-mount
type servers that can do this. I probably own two, but haven't
gotten around to trying it. That and an actual ROM *console* program
that can *do* things. A rescue diskette, actually, comes close to
this, very close. It's surprising what one can do with one in a
pinch. That the BSD one will get your network working, at least
in a limited way, is something of a happy miracle. That it is the
same as the install/upgrade diskette is Very Happy.
> I am starting to become addicted to OBSD and am looking forward to
OpenBSD is orderly, like the barracks of an elite, high-morale
regiment. The amount of labor this saves in the long run is worth it.
There are some people that just can't come to like this, though.
> switching my production laptop OS to it asap but wlan is crucial for
> me. Fortunately the crashbox and the production laptop have the same
> wlan chip, so that when I've figured out what's the problem I will do
> the move. The hardware is not broken because it worked pretty well
> with the debian-based ubuntu
I hear repeated rumors of wifi equipped, functional O'bsd systems.
I have seen with my own eyes a NetBSD laptop with working wifi.
> And yes, I have googled, yahooed and even googlebsd'ed but found
> nothing... or I am blind
>
> I have posted the question to the OBSD mailing list misc... let's see
> whether they throw me to the lion's pit :)
Well, let's see what happens.
Dave
--
"Confound these wretched rodents! For every one I fling away,
a dozen more vex me!" -- Doctor Doom
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