Re: Old Laptop as printserver
Hello Andreas;
Soemething went wrong wenn I påosted this the first time, once more: Debian
2.2r4 is asking you by install wether if you wants to use PCMCIA by installing
or not. How to do this, and what modules, that I dont know...
Axel
> Andreas Tscharner <starfire@dplanet.ch>:
>
> > Hello World,
> >
> > I have an old DX-4 (80486 - 100MHz) laptop. I want to use it as
> > printserver. The problem is: It has no CD-drive.
> >
> > So my idea was to use my NE2000 compatible network card on the
> laptop
> > and export (NFS) my CD drive on my desktop computer. Therefore it
> should
> > be possible to install via NFS.
> >
> > My questions:
> > Do the standard boot disks from potato (2.2rc0) have the pcmcia
> modules
> > (NE 2000) and NFS modules or do I have to make a boot floppy myself?
> >
> > Is there anywhere on the net an installation guide to set up a
> > printserver (used from Linux and from Windows side)?
> >
> > Thank you for your answers.
> >
> > Best regards
> > Andreas
> > --
> > Andreas Tscharner
> > starfire@dplanet.ch
> >
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> >
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