You are in a root shell.
Verify the plip module is loaded:
$ lsmod
Module Pages Used by
plip 3 0
Find the exact name of the plip interface:
$ dmesg
...
NET3 PLIP version 2.2 gniibe@mri.co.jp
plip1: Parallel port at 0x378, using assigned IRQ 7
You can find the same information with
$ cat /proc/kmsg
...
<4>NET3 PLIP version 2.2 gniibe@mri.co.jp
<4>plip1: Parallel port at 0x378, using assigned IRQ 7
...
Cntrl-c
Configure the plip interface:
$ ifconfig plip1 192.168.0.1 pointopoint 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.255 up
Verify everything is ok:
$ ifconfig plip1
plip0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FC:FC:C0:A8:00:01
inet addr:192.168.0.1 P-t-P:192.168.0.2 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Collisions:0
Interrupt:7 Base address:0x378
Verify the route to source exists:
$ route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
If not, like in the previous example, add the route to 192.168.0.2, the source:
$ route add -host 192.168.0.2 dev plip1
Now the route is installed:
$ route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 plip1
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
Now you can perform a successful ping from the
source server (ping is not available on the Debian
install process):
$ ping target
PING target (192.168.0.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=14.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=4.3 ms
--- target ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 4.3/9.1/14.0 ms
If it doesn't work, check the Null-Modem cable connection, rerun
dmesg, ifconfig, route. Verify
everything. Take a rest. Restart.
When the ping is ok, return to the normal installation process:
On the target: Press Alt F1