[BRLTTY] Linux on USB drive that supports BRLTTY?

[J. R. Westmoreland]

That is why I wish there was a special virus that would attack back and
render the remote machine unusable. LOL
I just figure that would be appropriate justice. <grin>

J. R.


-----Original Message-----
From: brltty-bounces at mielke.cc [mailto:brltty-bounces at mielke.cc] On Behalf
Of Jason White
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 5:50 PM
To: brltty at mielke.cc
Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Linux on USB drive that supports BRLTTY?

Mike Keithley <mkeithley at pobox.com> 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.

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