Tomsrtbt supports both plip and slip by default, as well as several pcmcia
ethernet cards, so it is possible to use it to load stuff onto a laptop
using tcpip and nc, rsh, rshd, tar, cpio, pax, dd, etc. I would
personally spend the $30 or so that PCMCIA ethernet cards are selling for,
and use a crosslink cable, rather than mess with a laplink cable. The
plip faq is a good place to start if you want to do it with a laplink,
see:
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/PLIP.html
and maybe also:
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/PLIP-Install-HOWTO.html
-Tom
On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Charles Curley wrote:
> Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 12:44:44 -0700
> From: Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Bruce C. Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [tomsrtbt] Laptop to Laptop
>
> On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 11:31:52AM -0700, Bruce C. Anderson wrote:
> > Howdy Everyone
> >
> > I have a 486/66 laptop, that I would like to install Linux on. I have
> > Redhat Linux 6.1 on a CD, but the 486 does not have a CD-drive. My other
> > laptop
> > does, and I would like to connect the two via a Laplink cable, and install
> > Redhat Linux on the 486.
> >
> > I have a copy of TOMSRBT on a floppy, and it runs on the 486, which by
> > the way is the only operating system on that machine, since I got the cart
> > ahead of the horse, and repartioned the 486's hard drive eliminating windows
> > and DOS.
> >
> > Can anyone help me with this?
> >
> > I am a rank novice at Linux, which is why I would like to have it on the
> > 486. If I screw something up on that machine, I won't lose anything. :) I
> > have also read a number of How-Tos, but with my inexperience I could not
> > make heads or tails of them.
>
> I don't think tomsrtbt is going to help you on the laptop (although I
> would be happy to be corrected). You use one of the boot disks.
>
> Do you have or can you get a network card? If so you should be able
> to set up using one of the several network installations. See "Selecting
> an Installation Method" in the RH installation manual.
>
> Is there a PCMCIA port on the laptop, and if so can you borrow a CD-ROM
> drive for it? If so, that might be the way to go.
>
> --
>
> -- C^2
>
> No windows were crashed in the making of this email.
>
> Looking for fine software and/or web pages?
> http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley
