Hi, Hook up your terminal, put in the cd, and bootdisk. When you start the computer the floppy will spin for a second, you'll be at the boot prompt. Type: linux console=ttyS0 ttyS0 is com1 under dos, ttyS1 com2 etc. Hope this helps. Dave. On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 15:50:57 -0700 Pete De Vasto <pdevasto at incyte.com> writes: > It would be RedHat 7.0 or 7.1. > > Pete > At 06:34 PM 4/20/01 -0400, you wrote: > >Hello, > > Which distro are you using? > >Dave. > > > > > >On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 14:53:58 -0700 Pete De Vasto > <pdevasto at incyte.com> > >writes: > > > Hi, everyone: > > > > > > I hope this isn't too off-topic, and if it is someone may be > able to > > > e-mail > > > me privately. I did have occasion at one time to try connecting > my > > > Intel-based system to my laptop emulating a VT100 using > Hyperterm, > > > but I > > > never could get it to work on a Linux box. I was, however, able > to > > > connect > > > to a Sparc 5. As I said in my other note, I'm looking for ways > to > > > be able > > > to do things on my own, and Nick's mentioning doing installs > using a > > > > > > terminal hooked up to a serial port makes me wonder how you get > this > > > to work. > > > > > > Thanks, in advance, for any help. > > > -- > > > Pete De Vasto > > > Unix Systems Administrator Phone: 650-621-8582 > > > Incyte Genomics, Inc. Fax: 650-621-7607 > > > 3174 Porter Drive Mobile: > 650-274-8670 > > > Palo Alto, CA 94304 Email: > > > pdevasto at incyte.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > >Visit my web site at: > >http://www.davemehler.com > > > >________________________________________________________________ > >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > Pete De Vasto > Unix Systems Administrator Phone: 650-621-8582 > Incyte Genomics, Inc. Fax: 650-621-7607 > 3174 Porter Drive Mobile: 650-274-8670 > Palo Alto, CA 94304 Email: > pdevasto at incyte.com Visit my web site at: http://www.davemehler.com ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
