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Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:58:11 +0200
From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net>
Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, george+freebsd@m5p.com
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0/6.1: open ("/dev/lpt0" ...) hangs up 
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> I suspect plip has outlived its usefulness.

PL-IP is still useful. Like ed, one wouldnt want to use it every day,
but it's useful for fallback bootstrapping / rescue / 1st install,
if ether fails etc.

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Julian Stacey.  Consultant Unix Net & Sys. Eng., Munich.  http://berklix.com
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