From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 1 1:45:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from deborah.paradise.net.nz (deborah.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70B1A37B71A for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 01:45:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marki@paradise.net.nz) Received: from paradise.net.nz (203-79-68-141.apx0.paradise.net.nz [203.79.68.141]) by deborah.paradise.net.nz (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f219jJl00354; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 22:45:19 +1300 (NZDT) Message-ID: <3A9E1A26.C9A94E67@paradise.net.nz> Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 22:45:10 +1300 From: Mark Ibell X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bastill@sa.apana.org.au Cc: questions Subject: Re: PLIP install References: <01022816051209.12912@PhD_1.testname.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What are you entering at the 'Network Configuration' screen on the Laptop and what 'ifconfig' command has been run on the Desktop? Brian Astill wrote: > > I have linked a null modem cable between a FreeBSD desktop and my ancient > laptop. The cable works flawlessly with Norton Commander on A.N.Other's OS. > However, despite setting 'exports', putting the 'right' things on 'hosts' on > the desktop, and giving the laptop its address within the network's domain, I > cannot establish the link when I try to install FreeBSD from desktop to laptop. > Any clues where I might look for a solution to this problem? > > -- > Regards, > Brian > > ******************************************************** > Dr Brian Astill Visiting Research Fellow > Flinders University Institute of International Education > Bus 8201 3480 FAX 8449 9199 > bastill@sa.apana.org.au > ******************************************************** > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message