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New MessageHacking the NIC (modified 0 times) bballctaulbee
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just thought i'd let you know a couple things about the NIC:

- tap Del key twice during booting to access the BIOS

- a 2.5" laptop drive can use the IDE connector (i tapped into the P/S for power)

- RedHat 6.2 recognizes and uses the internal Ethernet and sound

- there is a driver for Linux and the PcTel winmodem (haven't tested yet)

- X works great at 1024x768 at 16bpp

- use:

http://localhost/cgi-bin/launchapp?/usr/X11R6/bin/rxvt

to open a 'root' shell terminal (you can then access/read/write/modify the flash area)

- use:

# cat >rxvt.desktop
desktop_entry:
name = rxvt
icon = /img/telnet.gif
comment = rxvt
exec = /usr/X11R6/bin/rxvt
terminal = false
type = application

to create a new icon/entry under the flash's Desktop folder, so you can launch rxvt instead of another terminal (rxvt takes less memory); press Ctrl+d to save the text, but of course, you knew that, right?

- use:

http://localhost.special.html

to wipe your settings and reset the flash to factory specs

hope this helps someone...

happy hacking!

bball

09-20-2000 09:13:11

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