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  • From: "Sheldon Isaac" <sisaac AT netaxs.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] linux <-> linux?
  • Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 14:39:31 -0400

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









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