On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 07:55, Grigory Batalov wrote: > > Serial line installation is extremely slow. I would recommend the > > parallel port (PLIP) connection. There is a Howto, and although some of > > the stuff was a bit outdated, I managed to install Debian 2.0 on an old > > machine that way. It's been a while, so I don't remember too many > > details. > > Thanks, Josef. I've found this HOWTO on linuxdoc.org and it works > for potato 2.2r4, so I have now Debian on HP Omnibook 4000CT =) > Also I've disabled NFS v.3 on host machine, I think it (NFS v.3) > was another problem. > BTW, serial line works too, but I can't transmit files from > mounted NFS directory. It tries to transmit and hangs. > Pings are working both ways.
What is the rsize option set to? If it's set to 8K then you'll have timeout issues. 1K is the best size for a serial line. -- http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/projects.html Projects I am working on http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
