Re: OT - Suggest Network Terminal Where Netbsd Installs Easily
Lubomir Sedlacik <[email protected]>
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On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 04:44:53PM -0700, mowestusa wrote:
> I see serial terminals on ebay, some rather cheap like 2 or 3 for
> under $50. I have no idea which ones netbsd can install on without
> much fuss. I was thinking if there was one that worked well, and was
> easy to install netbsd on I would pick one up for an extra CLI only
> computer and perhaps a low power web server.
<a bit simplified to be easy to understand>
you don't install anything on serial terminals. they are what the name
suggests, serial terminals. basically a screen with a keyboard which
you attach via serial cable to a serial port of another machine. the
only software they run is very basic firmware from ROM.
</a bit simplified to be easy to understand>
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-- Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@{NetBSD,Xtrmntr,silcnet}.org> --
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