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["Sheldon Isaac" <sisaac AT netaxs.com>]

On 13 Oct 2003 at 7:00, qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> * First, ping to make sure you're connection is good.
> * Execute "receive" on one machine (and leave it running).
> * Execute "send" on the other machine.
> * When you are finished, do CTRL-C on both machines.

> > I tried "receive" and "send", but got 'Connection refused' 
> > or some such message.
> 
> To diagnose the problem fully, I need to see the exact error 
> message.

Many thanks, Steven - I will follow up on this a little later.

> NFS allows a Linux machine to see a Linux machine.  It is
> *much* smaller than samba and much easier to set up.
> The NFS server (and a lot of other stuff is in:
>  /slakware/n6/tcpip1.tgz

Am downloading it now.

By the way, in the last few hours, I got the GUI stuff as mentioned at 
http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/baslinux/bas-x.htm

The mouse wouldn't work, so I searched the list archives, and found your 
message: 
> You need to edit /etc/XF86Conig.  Go to the "Pointer" section
> and change the protocol to "PS/2".  That will fix your problem.

It did.

Gotta take a break, before thinking about what use to make of this
windows-for-Linux thing.

Thanks again,

Sheldon Isaac