At 06:13 PM 6/19/99 -0400, Michael B. Trausch wrote [in part]:
>> solution than anything I suggested for Mr. Zephyr ... but he doesn't
>> need a modem. A null-modem serial cable will allow direct connection
>> to another host with a CDROM drive in it (assuming, of course, that
>> host can support ppp, and provide either ftp of NFS services). It
>
>Ah.. you're right. You don't need a modem... but for simplicity sake, it
>helps. IF you have a modem, all you gotta do is an ATA on one, and ATX0 ;
>ATDT0 on the other, and you have a connection that will be made for ya...
>:).
Of course, this bit of "simplicity" requires 2 phone lines.
If you find out more definitely about Red Hat and ppp installs -- or if
anyone else knows -- please let me know. I've wished for a long time that
Slackware would do NFS installs over ppp connections ... though I admit I've
not cared enough to create tne custom rootdisk needed for this.
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