Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 14:33:08 -0400 From: Edward Akeyson <eakeyson@mail1.nai.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: eakeyson@mail1.nai.net Subject: PLIP install Message-ID: <99080114524200.12580@has.podunk.net>
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Please help! I am trying to install FreeBSD onto a laptop via plip from a FreeBSD machine running 3.2-STABLE (sources cvsupped and built world 6/27) because the laptop has no CDROM or ethernet interface. I have tried NFS (from /dev/acd0c), local FTP (mounted CDROM to /pub/releases/3.2-RELEASE), FTP to mirror site over internet and from DOS partition (C:\FREEBSD). Each time the install gets to the point of getting the distribution and then hangs: "getting bin distribution, 1 of 106 chunks...". The same thing happens with any of the install methods. I know that the parallel ports on both machines are working and the cable is good (Laplink under DOS will transfer fine). I believe that I have configured lp0 correctly and have even added the duplicate remote IP address in the "extra ifconfig" section of the network configuration. When using FTP over the internet, the laptop can find and log into the FTP server, so I belive that the plip link is working. I have tried new floppy images to boot with and still the same. Some relevant output is listed below. Can anyone help me here? I have searched the mailing list archives extensively and cannot find the solution. Do I need to change any parameters of lp0? [has has 2:30pm ~] # ifconfig lp0 lp0: flags=8851<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 10.0.0.9 --> 10.0.0.5 netmask 0xff000000 [has has 2:30pm ~] # netstat -I lp0 Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Coll lp0 1500 <Link> 557 464 626 205 0 lp0 1500 10 10.0.0.9 557 464 626 205 0 [has has 2:30pm ~] # mount /dev/wd0s1a on / (local, writes: sync 163 async 6585) /dev/wd0s1f on /usr (NFS exported, local, writes: sync 43 async 32486) /dev/wd0s1e on /var (local, writes: sync 1048 async 12665) procfs on /proc (local) /dev/wd1s1 on /msdos (local) /dev/wd1s2 on /oldvar (NFS exported, local, writes: sync 2 async 24) /dev/acd0c on /cdrom (NFS exported, local, read-only) [has has 2:42pm ~] # dmesg | grep -1 plip ppi0: <generic parallel i/o> on ppbus 0 plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus 0 vga0 at 0x3b0-0x3df maddr 0xa0000 msize 131072 on isa Thanks for any light you may be able to shed on this! Ed Akeyson Guilford, CT To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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