Backup advice

Hello, I would like to get some kind of backup device for my laptop (running Debian linux). A parallel Zip drive comes to mind, but I thought I'd ask around first to find out if people have some advice on this. I am primarily looking for hassle-free Debian operation and data security. I seem to

Re: Thinkpad installation question

> Use the "Tecra" boot disks instead. See the > "bo/disks-i386/current/special/tecra" directory at your Debian Thanks Nathan, this does the trick. Janos. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Thinkpad installation question

Hello, I am trying to install Debian 1.3 on my new TP 560 and I ran into some trouble! I successfully shrank the M$ Win partition, but when I try to boot from the rescue floppy (date 1997-10-13), things don't work. If I try to boot without any options, it seems to go through a complete power-cyc

Re: PLIP question

I have been told what the problem was. Basically frisbee did not figure out correctly where the parallel port was. Inserting the plip module explicitly via insmod plip io=0x278 irq=7 solves the problem. Apparently, putting arp into the ifconfig helps, too. Now it all works. My next thing is t

PLIP question

Hello, I am having trouble getting PLIP to work. I have two debian linux machines, called frisbee and piglet. I tried to follow the instructions of the PLIP mini-HOWTO, they seem to work on piglet but not on frisbee. (I also have the laplink cable all plugged in but frisbee does not seem to be r

Linux <--> SunOS connection terminal problem

Hello, I use Debian Linux on my home computer, and frequently need to log in to some university machines which are running SunOS (4.1.3 and 5.5). However these machines do not know about the terminal type 'linux', so I have to use vt100, which results in screwing up my console (which I can fix by

diald question

Hello, I have been messing with my diald/ppp setup and I have a strange problem. Basically everything works fine, that is, when I try to use some command that needs the net, my modem dials in and off I go. diald will then hang up after a specified time of inactivity. This I believe is controlle