Hello, I recall reading something in the plip mini-howto about a dos-linux plip connection using a Crynwr driver called plip.exe on the dos machine.
HTH, --David > -----Original Message----- > From: John Pearson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 8:30 PM > To: virtanen; debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: recipient list not shown: ; > Subject: Re: Laplink and DOS? > > > On Mon, May 31, 1999 at 09:45:49PM +0300, virtanen wrote > > > > I've got a Debian-box, a small laptop with DOS, and a Laplink cable. > > > > What is an easy method to connet the Debian-box and DOS-box with the > > Laplink-cable so that I could easily at least copy files from the othe > > machine to the other? > > > > (The Debian box hasn't got any DOS-partition, so that I need > some kind of > > Debian program there, but which kind of program?) > > > > Running Laplink on your Debian box under dosemu is the most obvious way to > go (although, I haven't tried it); you may also be able to create a PPP or > SL/IP link using a null modem cable, although you would have to find a DOS > ppp or SL/IP program (there may be something suitable amongst the Crynwyr > (?sp) packet drivers). I'm not sure if the LapLink cable is a > 'proper' null > modem cable, but it may be... > > > John P. > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates > in Denmark >
