[rescue] Sparc OS Install over serial

Jonathan C. Patschke jp at celestrion.net
Wed Jan 7 22:08:52 CST 2004


On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> You then can't use the console as a SLIP/PPP connection; if there's
> a second serial port, however you could possibly use that for the
> PPP/SLIP connection.

Why bother with ppp/slip when zmodem will work just as well and probably
make better use of the bandwidth?  rz can easily be tossed onto a boot
image, as it's tiny.

/me reflects on fond memories of downloading stuff to his PC from his
first shell account via xmodem (later zmodem).

-- 
Jonathan Patschke  ) "Some people grow out of the petty theft of
Elgin, TX         (   childhood.  Others grow up to be CEOs and
USA                )  politicians."                    --Phorist



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