Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

[Eric Shubert]

Lisa Kachold wrote:
> On 8/2/09, Eric Shubert <ejs at shubes.net> wrote:
>> Lisa Kachold wrote:
>>> On 7/31/09, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Quoting:
>>>>
>>>>>> sudo apt-get install pico<<
>>>> If I'm reading this right, the editor in question resides on the box
>>>> he's diddling with, NOT the Ubuntu box.  So unless the router he's
>>>> configuring is running a Debian family OS (unlikely, right?) this
>>>> won't work :)
>>> His problem was stated as:
>>>
>>> --quote
>>>
>>> I am using Ubuntu at work, were connect to a Linux based Ether
>>> switch/router both by serial port and by telnet.
>>>
>>> ---end quote
>>>
>>> There are a great number of debian linux switches (like IpCop):
>>>
>>> But hey, thanks for not stereotyping me; I love being corrected just
>>> like one of the guys!
>>>
>> IPCop is based on LinuxFromScratch. Is that somehow related to debian?
> 
> There's a debian install for IpCop (if you followed the link, you would see it).
> I always include references for questions like these (grin) after 25
> years in this business.
> 

Which link would that be?

Being a standalone distro based on LFS, I don't understand how there 
could or would be a "debian install" for it. Will you explain what you 
mean by "debian install for IpCop"?

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'