Re: Motherboard design specifically for Linux

Simon Kenyon (simon@koala.ie)
Thu, 22 Oct 1998 12:32:29 +0100 (BST)


On 22-Oct-98 Florian Lohoff wrote:
> Dont make it special ... Why not speaking zmodem on the serial port
> by 9600 ... then it takes a bit of downloading the kernel but
> you can do it with any terminal program - Attach a small Notebook
> load code reboot and there you are again.

i suppose so
but requiring two machines to upgrade the prom does not seem like a good idea
it would not be a problem for me - but can you imagine people for whom this
machine is their *only* machine
i only had one machine for many years

--
simon

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