27 Feb
2004
27 Feb
'04
4:05 a.m.
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, B.Degnan wrote:
Next, archive the programs that call the Novell
program so that they will
not be executed when you boot.
2) type this command at the DOS prompt : copy autoexec.bat autoexec.nov [enter]
3) type this command at the DOS prompt: del autoexec.bat [enter]
4) type this command at the DOS prompt : copy config.sys config.nov [enter]
5) type this command at the DOS prompt: del config.sys [enter]
Use the REN (rename) command instead to cut this ste pin half.
a) There is a program called Laplink that you can use
to copy files to the
Compaq without using the diskette drive. You'll need a straight-through
serial cable, or a parallel cable that's made specially for laplink.
You'll need a NULL MODEM cable to work with serial transfers. I can send
along this old copy of Laplink if Lyos wants to use it. Fastlynx is even
better (as I recently discovered). This assumes you have another DOS
machine though (I don't think these will work in Linux...maybe with
DOSEMU).
b) You can use Smart Term (or some modem program) to
upload and download
files from linux computer to the compaq. You'd need two modems and two
phone lines. And you'd need a modem program (like smart term) on 5
1/4. you can download smart term to the linux box, and then copy to DOS
formatted disks so that when you boot with DOS disk, you can swap out for
the smart term disk.
Minicom is usually installed with most linux distributions.
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