Re: Insall over proxy

According to Niklas H?glund,
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 09:42:16AM -0700, Tony Godshall wrote:
> > According to Niklas H?glund,
> > > The way I did it, IIRC, is the following:
> > >
> > > 1. In minicom (on the serial terminal), make sure USB networking is
> > > working (using modprobe, ifconfig, etc.)
> > >
> > > 2. Still on the serial console, set http_proxy.
> > >
> > > 3. Still on the serial console, run intimate-install. As networking
> > > is set up to happen over USB, the packages will be downloaded over
> > > USB from the proxy.
> >
> > So you have some kind of setup where you can do serial-console and usb at
> > the same time? I have to switch cables.
>
> Yeah. My cradle has both an USB and a serial cable.
>
> If you don't have that, and can't type an "=" on the virtual keyboard,
> you should still be able to log in with ssh over the usb cable from the
> workstation. Then you can set http_proxy and start the installation.
>
> There's a nice ssh client for windows called putty that you could use.
>
> Another way could be to create a script when logged in over the serial
> console that sets http_proxy and starts the installation. Then you
> can start that script from the on-screen keyboard without having to
> type an equal sign.

Thanks. I've got linux on the laptop, so I'll use openssh
and iptables (no need for proxy), but your tips should help Niklas.
And I guess I'll try again now that I've done a bit better
with usbnet on the Familiar side.
Received on Wed Oct 15 07:40:39 2003