Re: I'm not giving up: backpack CD-ROM drive.
Hi
On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 09:38:30PM +0800, Hans van den Boogert wrote:
> 2) Use a null modem cable to connect to a desktop and piggy back ride on
> that systems CD-ROM.
> Q: I don't know if the Linux base system supports null modem connections.
> Anybody any idea?
Yes, it does. I have just installed debian on a laptop which only has a
floppy drive. I put the base system on floppies, and installed the rest
with a null-modem cable and ppp. To set it up, put this in
/etc/ppp/peers/provider:
/dev/ttyS0 115200
192.168.2.2:192.168.2.1
noauth
and the same on the other system, just swap the ip addresses arround.
of course you will need another debian system to connect to for this
method. It is probably possible to do the same thing with windows if you
install the smbfs package from floppy, but don't ask me about seting
things up on the windows side.
If you want to try a 2.2.5 kernel, just grab it from potato, put it on a
floppy and install it with dpkg.
Regards
Rob
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