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14. A install break: PLIP on the target side

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


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