Steven - the described procedure should well serve for a simple file transfer setup; and I have a DOS- and a Linux-box linked that way:
> Linux (even BasicLinux) is able to accept logins from any of its > serial ports. Just run a null-modem cable from one of the serial > ports on the Linux computer to a DOS computer running telix, boyan, > telemate, commo, etc. Assign usernames/passwords on the Linux > computer and create menus (using bash scripts) which can be > executed automatically. Only that I didn't succeed (yet) to use it in a simple way. Mostly I would need to transfer text files from the Linux box to the DOS machine to print (edited/shortened) from there. (Or even more trivial, to dump them from the Linux box.) But I did run in a quagmire of permission and (in-)accessibility hitches, so the only more practical way hitherto was to copy the stuff, on the Linux box, to a DOS partition there, and then every once in a while use a file transfer thing like DRDOS "filelink" for a bunch of that stuff. Cumbersome (and stupid maybe, seen from the high branches of Linux expertise) but still easier doable than to wrestle with not given, or not to find, information on "system administration" stuff. // Heimo Claasen // <hammer at revobild dot net> // Brussels 2001-12-26 The WebPlace of ReRead - and much to read ==> http://www.revobild.net To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
