Re: PPP install possible?
If I load the slip modules, will I get presented with the network
install option? Or do I have to do the 20 floppy base install, and
then bring up the PPP/SLIP/PLIP? I have the PLIP cable, but no free
parallel port on the upstream machine.
Jeffrey
Quoting Tom Badran <tb100@doc.ic.ac.uk>:
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> On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 11:55 pm, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
> > I have a laptop with no NIC, just a serial interface. Is it possible
> > to do a network install over PPP?
>
> its probably easier to use plip or slip, and plip will be faster (parallel
> port if you have the right cable, slip is same for serial). I did a red hat
> install using nfs over plip about 5 years ago (that was pain btw) and don't
> remember having _too_ many difficulties, cant remember the details anymore,
> but I'm sure its possible.
>
> Tom
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