From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 31 21:29:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA27988 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 21:29:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA27979 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 21:29:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA15900; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 00:25:23 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199808010425.AAA15900@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: T-shell In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980731162516.00795700@rockisland.com> from Joe at "Jul 31, 98 04:25:16 pm" To: joed@rockisland.com (Joe) Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 00:25:23 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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: disklabel -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 newfs fd0.1440 mount /dev/fd0 /mnt cp the.tar.gz /mnt/the.tar.gz umount /mnt On the laptop: mount /dev/fd0 /mnt cp /mnt/the.tar.gz the.tar.gz umount /mnt 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