[svlug] Lions and Tigers and Networks

[Gies, Dennis]

So here are the options (as I see them) for installing Linux initially:

1.  Install via FTP, if the boot kernel I'm using supports my PC Ethernet
card (which I think it does).

2.  Install via NFS (this would be great!)

I can do the first one, and I can dream of doing the second...see you at the
next installfest!  By the way...is the next installfest 11/22 or is there a
scheduled SVLUG one?

Dennis


> On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Gies, Dennis wrote:
> 
> > hey all,
> > 	i just bought a (sweet) Sony 505F that i would like to 
> network with
> > my desktop.  i would rather not have to buy an ethernet 
> hub, if a crossed
> > line cable would work ok.  question is, i guess, how hard 
> is this to do, and
> > how would i generally go about it?  unfortunately, i know jack about
> > networks, but i'd love to learn.  also, how good is linux 
> support for pcmcia
> > chipsets these days? there are quite a few warnings 
> floating around the
> > howto's...thanks!
> 
> Been there (on a Sony 505G no less, oh, I believe *sweet* is an
> understatement. :-)
> 
> If Sony hasn't changed much of the internals, life won't be too bad.
> 
> Problem: The PCMCIA/CardBus control is too new for most installations.
> Well, that isn't exactly correct. The driver will probably 
> think you have
> two "slots," for cards, of which you don't. Oh well, it's not fatal.
> You'll probably have problems if you try to use an ethernet 
> card that is
> too new for your Linux distrobution to know about. The 3c575 
> is supported
> under Linux, but I (unknowningly) bought the 3c575BT, 
> thinking it would be
> the same, it wasn't. It's now supported with the latest 
> PCMCIA software
> though.
> 
> In any case, just juse a traditional PCMCIA ethernet card, it 
> should just
> work. If you don't have access to one, I can bring one to an 
> installfest
> and help get you running.
> 
> Once you have your installation done:
> 
> ftp to hyper.stanford.edu
> cd /pub/pcmcia
> 
> if 3.0.6 is out, get it, compile, and install
> else
> 
> cd NEW
> 
> get the latest file, compile, and install
> 
> if you have any trouble, let me know, I'll try to help you to 
> the best of
> my ability.
> 
> If you have any questions about NFS, I can answer that too. 
> If you want to
> do this at an installfest, let me know.
> 
> davez
> 
> 
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