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>>>>> "Elliott" == Elliott Frost <comfort [at] comfort.worldonline.co.uk> writes:
Elliott> 1) i have a 3c562d network/modem pcmcia card.
Elliott> linux says it is "not initialized properly at bootup, how
Elliott> easy is it to install drivers ?
That's weird -- doesn't slackware automatically install PCMCIA config
scripts? Anyway, su; do a lsmod, you should see
pcmcia_core
i82365 # OR maybe tcic
ds
serial_cs
3c589_cs
If not, modprobe them in that order. (For simplicity; actually it
doesn't matter what order with modprobe.) Then do `ps ax | fgrep
cardmgr' to see if cardmgr is running. If not, execute cardmgr.
Eject and reinsert your 3c562, and you should hear two high beeps.
Look at /var/log/syslog and/or .../messages and/or .../kernel to see
whether they installed correctly.
If that failed because the modules or programs aren't found, you need
to install pcmcia_cs package, most likely.
If you've gotten here OK, do ifconfig to see if eth0(*) exists. if
not, configure the eth0 interface appropriately. (*) I'm assuming
3c562d is your eth0, this is almost certain. cat /proc/net/dev to see
what eth* devices exist. Set up routes and you should be in business
on the Linux side.
For the Windose side DHCP is one way to go; set up the dhcp server on
the linux box and set Windose networking to autoconfig. Never done
that. Or you can set the IP address etc by hand.
Elliott> This would be the quickest i think, but can windows and
Elliott> linux pass files over networks? Filesystems etc ?
Linux can, Windows YMMV. The Windows FTP client sucks, but you can
use Internet Expectorate. You'll want to set up either a webserver
(Apache is powerful but there are lots of simple ones) or an ftpd or
both. Windows allegedly can do ssh, you could use scp with an sshd on
the Linux side.
For extra payments, you can buy NFS clients for Windose, but what is
probably easiest is to set up a SMB server (Samba) on Linux.
Elliott> 2)how easy would it be to use pppd over a null modem
Elliott> cable.
Plug'n'play I should think, once you figure out what the device is.
modprobe ppp, startup pppd on /dev/ttySwhatever, and do the equivalent
for Windose (if Windose can handle that, it should).
Elliott> also i have a cable for direct cable connection between
Elliott> parallel printer ports.
Dunno; but I don't think Windose understands PLIP. I dunno if Linux
understands Laplink.
But ethernet is fastest.
Elliott> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
Please try to set your mail client not to use HTML mail. It's not
good for you image in the community if you know what I mean ;-) (Not
that you're doing anything horrible for current environments, but us
oldsters react poorly to it.)
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