Hi, 

I got it to work by the most straightforward method, ftp-ing using the NIC.
The reason I did not do this from start was that I lacked a NIC for my pc.

Thanks!

/Emil


On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 02:17:43PM +0200, Tobias Nygren wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Some answers to your questions:
> 
> * NetBSD serial ports are /dev/tty00 and /dev/tty01.
> * If you're running INSTALL_SMALL or INSTALL_TINY SLIP support is not included.
> 
> Other possibilities:
> 
> * Wouldn't it be possible to netboot this machine? Or is your NIC not supported by SRM? 
> * SLIP is in most cases obsoleted by PPP, you may have better luck with PPP.
> * Another way would be to put the disk in another computer temporarily.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Tobias
> 
> On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 10:14:17 +0100
> Emil Sk?ldberg <emil.skoldberg@nuigalway.ie> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am trying to install NetBSD 1.6.2 on a Digital Alphastation 200.
> > The cd is broken, so I am trying to install over a serial line
> > connected to a Linux machine. 
> > 
> > My problem is getting the connection to work. First of all I am
> > not sure which /dev/tty? corresponds to the serial port. A search
> > of the archives gave the suggestion /dev/ttyB0 but trying
> > 
> > # slattach /dev/ttyB0 
> > slattach: /dev/ttyB0: Device not configured
> > 
> > other /dev/ttys give similar error messages, except /dev/ttyC0
> > where the slattach works, but I still get no connection. 
> > 
> > Any suggestions appreciated!
> > 
> > /emil
> > 
> > 
>