There I was - in the server room, staring at the shiny new T5220 machine, which DIKU got through the Sun Try 'n Buy program ready to install Solaris 10, but my Macbook Pro had no serial interface. After a little googling around I found the PL2303 USB to serial driver (they are hosted on SourceForge), which worked as a charm.
I also downloaded Zterm, and a little while later the installation was well under way.
Now the machine is running MiG (Minimum Intrusion Grid)
Minimum intrusion Grid is an attempt to design a new platform for Grid computing which is driven by a stand-alone approach to Grid, rather than integration with existing systems. The goal of the MiG project is to provide Grid infrastructure where the requirements on users and resources alike is as small as possible (minimum intrusion). MiG strives for minimum intrusion but will seek to provide a feature rich and dependable Grid solution.
I needed serial on my laptop the other day and found that my trusty old http://sandberg.it/product.aspx?id=133-08 usb2serial was supported out of the box on solaris. and then there's tip to actually use it. couldn't be easier.
Posted by Mads on July 11, 2008 at 07:39 PM CEST #
Mind if I ask what model cable you're using? That's the least bulky one I've seen (that includes a reasonable length of cable). I'd love to use this with my MBP, rather than having to boot up the ancient Dell we keep around for this. Thanks.
Posted by Charles Soto on July 13, 2008 at 08:54 PM CEST #