Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 00:25:23 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: joed@rockisland.com (Joe) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: T-shell Message-ID: <199808010425.AAA15900@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980731162516.00795700@rockisland.com> from Joe at "Jul 31, 98 04:25:16 pm"
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Joe wrote: > I recently installed FreeBSD ver. 2.2.6 on my laptop. I'm trying to > install the T-shell, but I don't know how to put it on a floppy in a format > that FreeBSD will read. I don't have a network or modem connection at this > time with the laptop, but I can use my PC. Is there any hope? > I'll assume that there's one file, a tar file, that you want to move. Get you a perfect floppy. On the PC: <insert floppy> disklabel -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 newfs fd0.1440 mount /dev/fd0 /mnt cp the.tar.gz /mnt/the.tar.gz umount /mnt <remove floppy> On the laptop: <insert floppy> mount /dev/fd0 /mnt cp /mnt/the.tar.gz the.tar.gz umount /mnt <remove floppy> This is the method called "floppy-net" or "sneaker-net". The "right" way is to connect the laptop to the PC via a serial cable (null modem type), and use kermit or minicom or whatever, or setup ppp for it. This I have not done with fbsd. Dave -- Sancho Panza: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network operating system available.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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