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Re: Pentium -> 486 transfer

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From: Zebee Johnstone
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 00:00
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In aus.computers.linux on Mon, 11 Jan 1999 02:11:01 GMT
Mikhail Bovineck <Bovineck@heaven.chess.com> wrote:
>
>My question exactly - there's no doubt that a serial cable can allow
>two linux boxes to talk to each other (although I've yet to achieve
>that success yet!), but what I would like to do is to install RedHat
>from the APC cdrom which lives on the pentium, to the 486 via the
>cable.

RedHat doesn't install by any serial method that I can see.

It can be done via PLIP and a parallel cable.

You need a cable with 2x 25pin male connectors will all pins
connected straight through.

Zebee
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From: zebee@zip.com.au (Zebee Johnstone)
Subject: Re: Pentium -> 486 transfer
Date: 1999/01/11
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