Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 08:12:25 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: laptop installations Message-ID: <797.835110745@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 Jun 1996 01:01:08 %2B1000." <199606181501.BAA01439@asstdc.scgt.oz.au>
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> Laptops appear to be a significant installation nightmare .. unless you have > a CDROM or a full set of floppies you end up using the serial port (and > many, many hours). Or a parallel cable and not so many hours (and at 115.5Kb, it's not THAT many hours for serial). > Maybe I've missed something but it seems that, by default, even though I have > this ethernet card plugged in the side of the machine, I have no way of > capitalising on the bandwidth of the T3 its default gateway's plugged into. I'm not sure what you mean by this. If you get a 10Mbit ethernet card working, it will give you 10Mbits. This doesn't change just because you're on a laptop. :-) Jordan
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