> I'm using win98 and the time/speed hacked NCU. Is there
> anyway to get more reliable transfers?
> I can't get transfers of any package over about 35-40k
If you're looking to isntall packages only, then:
- get unixnpi from
http://unixnpi.sourceforge.net/UnixNPI-1.1.4-win32.zip
and put it in your PATH
- get ser115200.pkg from
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/unixnpi/unixnpi/Se
r115200.pkg.gz?rev=1.1.1.1
and install it on newt. You could also get ser230400 but I didn't notice any
speedup.
-- Victor, it would be nice to put ser*.pkg into unixnpi*win32.zip for
easier access.
- go to a DOS prompt, cd to the dir with the packages you want to install
and do
unixnpi -s 115200 -d /dev/ttyS0 *.pkg (or foo.pkg bar.pkg)
note: ttyS0 is the unix name for COM1
- start Dock on the newt and connect using ser11520
- enjoy the blazing speed of 5.5kbps :-) and never look back to NCU for
package installation.
- of course, you can easily make a number of conveniences so you don't have
to type all the above
-- a npi.bat calling
unixnpi -s 115200 -d /dev/ttyS0 "%1" "%2" .. "%9"
-- a shortcut on the desktop with same target as above. Drop packages onto
it.
-- a file association so that dclick (or rclick) on a PKG file in explorer
will call unixnpi on it. Eg on Win2000 you can go something like
assoc .pkg=PackageFile
ftype PackageFile=unixnpi -s 115200 -d /dev/ttyS0 "%1" "%2" .. "%9"
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