Date: Sun, 09 Jun 1996 11:57:42 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Joel Ward <joelw@hemi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lsight PLIP q Message-ID: <7897.834317862@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 09 Jun 1996 03:10:20 MDT." <199606090910.DAA10171@hemi.com>
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Joel Ward wrote in message ID <199606090910.DAA10171@hemi.com>: > hi, here's my dilemma. I have two boxes, one with FreeBSD on it, one without > . > I want to install it on my other box thru PLIP. The docs tell me how to set > up PPPon hte server side thru a modem, but not a laplink cable. > (plus even if i kill lpd, "cat >/dev/lpt0" still tells me device busy. > is there an easy way to tell what process is using a device?) Possibly because you are running lpd and it has the device already opened? You don't need to run PPP or SLIP across a parallel line, the lp driver has it's own encapsulation protocol in the kernel, you just need to ifconfig the interface(s). Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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