Hello Russell,
You wrote:
> I have been given a 2 cd copy of slink, that I am going to put on my
> main box. Is there anything special that I should install/be aware of
> in order to run a plip?
plip setup on slink (with kernel 2.0.x) step by step:
I suppose you have the plip module compiled.
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I have an old 486 (dx 33/210mb hd/12mgs ram/) with a base install of
slink on it, that I want to network with my main dual-boot system
(166mmx overclocked to 200mhz/5.1gig hd/96mgs ram/windoz98/linux) via a
plip connection.
I have attempted to do this with rh 6.1, and mdk 6.0, but have had no
suc
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
Janos A Csirik wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am having trouble getting PLIP to work.
I don't want to seem really stupid, but why do you say:
> frisbee# ifconfig plip1 frisbee pointopoint piglet up
> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> SIOCSIFDSTADDR: No such device
> frisbee# lsmod
> Module Pages
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
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