Console Client? Putty's not up to scratch..

[Brian McKee]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 4:31 AM, Christopher J Combrink
<chris at riply.co.za> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm using Putty with 8.10 atm with only one gripe:
>
> I can't copy or paste into the console. Makes saving configs a royal pain in
> the ass!
>
> I am using a laptop. Does anyone here have a solution, or a reliable
> substitute.

You can just use screen to attach to a device - e.g.

screen /dev/ttyUSB0

Whether that's good enough for you, you'd have to judge.  I've used it
in the past as a quick and alternate when minicom wasn't available
(e.g. OSX).

Brian