Re: Installing large files
Allan Anderson wrote:
>
> On Thu, 12 Dec 1996, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:
>
> > Fred Zarnowski wrote:
> > >
> > > I am trying to install Debian on a laptop with no network connection and no
> > > CDROM. I have been ftp'ing files to a W95 desktop then sneaker net via
> > > floppy to the laptop. Unfortunately, I haven't solved large files like
> > > Xbase that won't fit on a 1.44 floppy. I did get minicom going on the
> > > laptop so I could download from a BBS if I could find one.
> > >
> > > I would appreciate any suggestions or comments. Thanks.
> >
> > I would reccommend using a null-modem serial connection between your
> > laptop
> > and the machine which has the debian files. The newer versions of 95's
> > dialup
> > networking support this. Just get ppp set up on the laptop and proceed
> > from there.
> Even better, if you have a program like LapLink, or DOS's Intersvr and
> Interlnk, you can use a null parallel cable. It's amazingly faster.
>
Ummmm, yeah sure, if only you could find a Linux port of LapLink or
Intersvr...
Linux has PLIP too but I don't think you can get PLIP for DOS.
Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com
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