Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 11:31:33 -0000 From: Laurence Tucker <laurence.tucker@bbc.co.uk> To: "'bastill@sa.apana.org.au'" <bastill@sa.apana.org.au>, questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: PLIP install Message-ID: <6F99E54D359CD3119FAF0001FA7ED95001898CAF@w12wcedxu02.wc.bbc.co.uk>
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Your problem sounds like cabling - a null modem cable won't work with PLIP transfers; you'll need a parallel cable wired to do data transfer (not a straight through parallel cable). There's wiring info at http://www.cablingdirectory.com/techinfo/parallelinfo/parallel.htm though I took the easy route and bought one :) Once that's sorted I was able to use ifconfig lp0 inet 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2 on one machine, and ifconfig lp0 inet 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.1 on the other, and then just telnet/ftp/whatever directly to the destination IP address. It also worked (albeit very slowly) for the install procedure to get FreeBSD installed on a nearly dead 486 with 8Mb RAM. Strangely when doing data transfer (at the earth shattering 50kb/sec speed) I was getting mouse stickiness and keyboard unresponsiveness. I'm guessing that it's something like an interrupt clashing with something or some other pc hardware-ism, but I haven't had time to investigate it properly. Has anyone seen this before and is there an easy workaround? It's not serious because I use it fairly infrequently, but it is annoying. --Laurence. > From: Brian Astill [mailto:bastill@sa.apana.org.au] > Sent: 28 February 2001 05:30 > 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? This e-mail, and any attachment, is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify me immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC, unless specifically stated. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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