Re: New to linux on laptops - A few Q's

1999-09-19 Thread Seth Golub
Steve Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I travel, I turn off my home machine, and have the laptop > masquerade as it, so as to receive email on the laptop. That's fine > until I return home. Now I have to merge all these mail folders. I copy everything onto my laptop so that when it b

using nfs on install

1999-09-19 Thread Chris Hoover
I'm trying to reinstall debian on my laptop since I was having trouble getting potatoe to install. Anyway, I was able to find a 2.1 cd and I picked up a 3com Etherlink III network/33.6 pcmcia card. The question is, how can I bet the install program to bring up the network so I can nfs install the

Re: Laptop used in multiple network contexts?

1999-09-19 Thread Greg Woods
Adam Shand wrote: > > > If your laptop is not connected to a network, what exactly is it that > > you are doing that would make any sense in a network-less context that > > causes DNS timeouts? > > trying to send email. you don't expect it to be delivered but you want it > to be queued so as soo

Re: Laptop used in multiple network contexts?

1999-09-19 Thread Greg Woods
Adam Shand wrote: > > you can do pretty much all of this with pcmcia schemes. I'm going to have to look into that; this is the first I've heard about pcmcia schemes. > * if i suspend/hibernate/save to disk my laptop my network connection >doesn't work when i restore. You need to eject th

Re: using nfs on install

1999-09-19 Thread Jim Jensen
After you install the driver disk (installing the nfs module of course), go to the "Configure PCMCIA" option, then do the network config, telling it you will use a pcmcia network device. Then when you install the base system, tell it you will use nfs. I just did it today. -Jim Jensen

Re: using nfs on install

1999-09-19 Thread Chris Hoover
On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Jim Jensen wrote: > After you install the driver disk (installing the nfs module of > course), go to the "Configure PCMCIA" option, then do the network > config, telling it you will use a pcmcia network device. Then when > you install the base system, tell it you will use nfs.

Re: Laptop used in multiple network contexts?

1999-09-19 Thread Dave Thayer
On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 11:39:13PM -0600, Greg Woods wrote: > > Adam Shand wrote: > > > > > you can do pretty much all of this with pcmcia schemes. > > I'm going to have to look into that; this is the first I've heard about > pcmcia schemes. > > > > * if i suspend/hibernate/save to disk my l

Re: New to linux on laptops - A few Q's

1999-09-19 Thread Seth Golub
Steve Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I travel, I turn off my home machine, and have the laptop > masquerade as it, so as to receive email on the laptop. That's fine > until I return home. Now I have to merge all these mail folders. I copy everything onto my laptop so that when it b

using nfs on install

1999-09-19 Thread Chris Hoover
I'm trying to reinstall debian on my laptop since I was having trouble getting potatoe to install. Anyway, I was able to find a 2.1 cd and I picked up a 3com Etherlink III network/33.6 pcmcia card. The question is, how can I bet the install program to bring up the network so I can nfs install the

Re: Laptop used in multiple network contexts?

1999-09-19 Thread Greg Woods
Adam Shand wrote: > > > If your laptop is not connected to a network, what exactly is it that > > you are doing that would make any sense in a network-less context that > > causes DNS timeouts? > > trying to send email. you don't expect it to be delivered but you want it > to be queued so as soo

Re: Laptop used in multiple network contexts?

1999-09-19 Thread Greg Woods
Adam Shand wrote: > > you can do pretty much all of this with pcmcia schemes. I'm going to have to look into that; this is the first I've heard about pcmcia schemes. > * if i suspend/hibernate/save to disk my laptop my network connection >doesn't work when i restore. You need to eject th

Re: using nfs on install

1999-09-19 Thread Jim Jensen
After you install the driver disk (installing the nfs module of course), go to the "Configure PCMCIA" option, then do the network config, telling it you will use a pcmcia network device. Then when you install the base system, tell it you will use nfs. I just did it today. -Jim Jensen

Re: using nfs on install

1999-09-19 Thread Chris Hoover
On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Jim Jensen wrote: > After you install the driver disk (installing the nfs module of > course), go to the "Configure PCMCIA" option, then do the network > config, telling it you will use a pcmcia network device. Then when > you install the base system, tell it you will use nfs.

Re: Laptop used in multiple network contexts?

1999-09-19 Thread Dave Thayer
On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 11:39:13PM -0600, Greg Woods wrote: > > Adam Shand wrote: > > > > > you can do pretty much all of this with pcmcia schemes. > > I'm going to have to look into that; this is the first I've heard about > pcmcia schemes. > > > > * if i suspend/hibernate/save to disk my l