On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Renaud OLGIATI wrote about, Serial networking ?:
> Here's another question that's been worrying me for a few nights:
>
> Converted to Linux, I would like to install it on my laptop.
>
> Problem: the laptop does not have a CD player, and I dont relish the idea
> of copying and feeding it gazillions of floppies.
>
> Is there a way to connect it by serial port, a la Laplink / Interlink, so
> I can, after booting with Boot and Root floppies, continue the
> installation over the serial link from the cd monted on the desktop box ?
Yes you can connect them with a null modem serial cable or null modem PLIP
cable.
I have just installed slackware this way.
With slackware one installes a 'base' system with floppys and the n series
to allow networking after rebooting.
>
> TIA,
>
> Ron the Frog, on the banks of the Paraguay River.
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Regards Richard
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