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Setting up NTP to update from a GPS

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 / posted in Hardware, Linux / 5 Comments

This is just a quick how to to setup NTP to update from a GPS

Installing software needed for the GPS:

# apt-get install gpsd

If you already not done so connect the GPS to your computer you are wanting to run it on and confirm it is connected with lsusb

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port

My GPS is a USGlobalSat BU 353

Now to configure gpsd:

# dpkg-reconfigure gpsd

There just a few questions to answer.
First question asks you if you like to have gpsd to start at boot, I answered YES
Second question ask you to were tthe GPS is connected, in my case it was /dev/ttyUSB0
The last 2 questions I just left them as is.

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LINK: UNetbootin

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 / posted in Linux / No Comments

UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux, without requiring you to burn a CD. You can either let it download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file if you’ve already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn’t on the list.

I found this UNetbootin very useful to put FreeDOS on my USB flash drive to use to update the BIOS on my laptop. UNetbootin is also in the Debian repository too. 🙂

References:
UNetbootin
Debian Repository
Howto BIOS Update