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wulf@hal9000.apana.org.au (Berndt Josef Wulf) writes:

>I have installed the b1-b11 and n1-n3 subsets which should give
>me enough network capabilities to work a SLIP link. Unfortunately
>the network package didn't contain "slattach" and without it,
>to my understanding, 

 Yes you do need slattach or some thing to do that function.

>I am unable to connect a SLIP line. Since
>this is my only system, no LAN, this is the only way I can obtain
>the rest of the distribution - BLADE doesn't seem to support
>SCSI-tape-streamer, in particular Wangtek5150ES.

 For some reason most of the Linux/AXP kernels seem to be compiled
with out SCSI tape - I guess the guys who build BLADE dont have
a SCSI tape drive. I assume the RedHat Alpha Linux has tape support
compiled in, as they have a 'mt' rpm.(Which I have installed..)

 I can send you a kernel for the noname with SCSI tape compiled in,
or an slattach binary. I dont know if either works however. I have a NE2000
card pluged into my system, and networking over the ethernet works fine.,
and I havent needed to plug a tape drive in yet, ive been reading tapes
in my other system and getting the files onto the AXP system via NFS or
ftp.

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