Re: Networking
Neal H Walfield wrote:
>
> > Well, I don't have F3 CD-ROMS; I just have the F3 images. Yes I know
> > I was planning to NFS map the CD-ROM images (after mounting them with a
> > loopback iso9660 filesystem) from another machine, but I cannot
> > configure the network card.
>
> Why don't you just set up a translator?
>
> # settrans -acp /f3-main /hurd/isofs $HOME/images/f3-main.iso
Well ... I'd love to. But then I'd have to get the images onto the Hurd
machine ... but then I don't have networking. Catch-22 I think. What do
you propose? I guess I could establish a serial connection - but what
file tranfer software would I run ... or then again there's floppies
(but I'm a cheapskate - I think I'd rather buy the CD's).
I can see that you presume I'm also running another O/S on this machine,
but this is not the case.
Still, you've got me thinking. I imagine that if I actually boot from a
Debian Linux rescue/root/drivers disk set, I could get networking
working, and then I could transfer the files without needing to reserve
HDD space for another O/S. Kinda attractive to a cheapskate like me - it
would still be cheaper to get networking happenning with what I
currently already have.
I guess at this point, I'd suggest to Philip Charles that including a
couple of extra floppies in the boot floppy set would be fantastic. But
I think Philip has to balance this with legitimate concerns about the
size of the images and the number of floppies needed.
Thanks,
Dave McDonald
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