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["David Moberg" <davidjmoberg AT gmail.com>]

sindi keesan wrote:
> Since I could not figure out wu-ftp, I set up the pcmcia ethernet
> connection, ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1, plugged the crossover cable between
> the XP and BL computers, and XP complained (in lower right) about a bad or
> limited network connection.  I then tried using telnetd and httpd
> (from busybox 1.10 which I had compiled) and got nowhere.  More
> complaints and an attempt by XP to assign an IP number.

XP doesn't have an IP address set up at this point, I think. So you
need to give it an address somehow. I'm not familiar with XP, but I
think it's in the Networking Control Panel somewhere.

> Can you do parport file transfer between OS's?

Steven posted about this a while ago. I think you need the other OS to
understand plip. I don't think Windows has a plip driver.

David