> I have an 486 box that i would like to set up as debian linux and > establish a parallel port cable connection with another linux box.
Get a Laplink cable, the netstd.deb, netbase.deb packages, and the PLIP-Howto (or mini-Howto). I don't have the Howto handy right now, but I got a plip working pretty quickly once I had all these. The Howto will tell you to recompile the kernel with plip as a module, to some ifconfig's and some route's and presto. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
