Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 15:12:01 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Subject: Re: Accton EN2216 PCMCIA Message-ID: <XFMail.980310151201.dburr@POBoxes.com> In-Reply-To: <846.889568432@critter.freebsd.dk>
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My secret spy satellite informs me that on 10-Mar-98, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <199803102127.OAA28214@mt.sri.com>, Nate Williams writes: > >>> > That's what lap-link cables and 3Com cards are for. :) :) >>> >>> You can install FreeBSD over a lap-link cable?! Hmm, is that the >>> funky TCP/IP over the lpt interface thingy? I'd forgotten about it. > > Tell me how it goes, somebody told me this was broken... Nope, it works fine. I just did a laplink cable install just yesterday (this is with 2.2.5-R). Here's how to do it. Let's say you had a (Class C) network 192.160.60.x. The main FreeBSD machine (the one with the CD-ROM ) is 192.160.60.1 and you want you laptop to be 192.160.60.2. (Replace all occurrences of these two IP numbers Hwith whichever ones suit your particular setup) Now here's what you do. 1) Make a directory "/var/ftp/pub/freebsd/2.2.5-RELEASE" (replace "2.2.5" with whatever version fo FReeBSD you have) 2) Mount the CD-ROM there (mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0a /var/ftp/pub/freebsd/2.2.5-RELEASE" 3) (Oh yeah, forgot about this one) Make sure anonymous ftp is turned on and enabled on your machine. 4) Attach the two computers with a laplink cable. 5) Make sure TCP/IP over the laptop is compiled (usually just be sure to include the proper lpt? device is enough) 6) On the master computer (the server) type this: /sbin/ifconfig lp0 up 192.160.60.1 192.160.60.2 7) Now make yourself a fresh install disk, boot up the laptop, and go through the standard installation procedure. When it asks you to specify a source ftp server, pick the "Custom ftp server" option (not sure if it's called that). Then when it asks you for a URL, enter "ftp://192.160.60.2/pub/freebsd/". 8) Now it will ask you to configure your network. Choose the lp0 device, and you will get a screen asking for your hostname, nameserver address, etc. Enter all these as you normally would. Then go to the "Extra options to ifconfig" line and enter "192.160.60.1" 9) Sit back and watch the install chugg away! --- Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> - Ask me for my PGP key | PGP: Your WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ #1347455 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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