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On Sun, 10 Jan 1999 11:41:30 GMT, Mikhail Bovineck wrote:
> Hi - I have Linux installed on a hardrive on a pentium box which
> originated on a CD (APC's RedHat Distribution).  I also have a 486
> with no CD which I would like to make a Linux box as well.  In other
> words, I would like to access the pentium box's CDrom from the 486. 
> Currently the 486 has muLinux installed on it, downloaded from the net
> and installed using 3 floppies. 
> All I have to connect the two is a null modem cable.  According to the
> RedHat docs I should be able to install from the CD via a network but
> do I need a network card for that?  Is the /dev/cua1 port sufficient?

I installed my machine with Debian by having the base floppies and another
floppy with minicom and lszrz. After I set up the base system and the minicom
terminal I just logged into the other computer and copied the packages I
wanted straight from the cdrom onto the local hard drive using Zmodem.

You must first set up a getty on the remote machine to accept logins over the
serial port which is either /dev/cuaX or /dev/ttySX on Debian. There should be
an example line in your /etc/inittab which you could modify.

It may seem a bit contived but I wanted to install the packages myself, I
prefer doing everything from the command line and I know exactly what's on my
system.

Besides, everyone should have a couple of terminals hanging off their box
anyway, just to show other people what a real system is capable of. ;)
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