Re: How to transfer files from host PC to ipaq?

Hi Wong,

I'm newbie on Familiar/Linux, too. so I afraid my comment miss the point..
(but I know myself as rather low-tech/legacy folk than new-tech likeas
GNOME...)

From: "Wong Yee Peng" <wyeepeng@dso.org.sg>
Subject: Re: [Familiar] How to transfer files from host PC to ipaq?
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:56:41 +0800

> Tcpip connection is the option I know of now. For tcpip, I must either use
> ppp to a host pc and use ipmasquerading, or use wireless lan. Since I
> mentioned that I did not have wireless lan (actually I do have but the lan
> is very unreliable at the moment), I need to use ppp.

  how about wired-lan? I just used NE2000 compat. pcmcia ether card.

> However, I have only installed task-bootstrap without: X windows, ftp,
> xvkbd. To setup the ppp connection, I must sacrifice the minicom serial
> console output which enables me to type commands at the ipaq shell. So,
> that's the problem.

  You can reboot after you use ppp connection, don't you?
Or you can just send some archives thru minicom.
is X/Y/Z modem ready on your iPAQ? otherwise you can just
send 'shar' archive. An ol' good usenet technology :-)

> So, maybe to simplify things, "is there anyway apart from using tcpip to
> transfer things in and out of the ipaq?" My thought is using the rsync
> program provided but rsync requires rsh which is not available.

type RSYNC_RSH=ssh and then rsync works with ssh.
Is this the problem?

Yusuke
Received on Wed Jul 11 22:06:08 2001