| Windows 95 | 650MB |
| Linux swap space | 64MB |
| Linux | 500MB |
There are no accounts on these machines. The login dialog box that appears on startup is a faux login box. To create an "account" for yourself, you simply type a new username and password. This "account" simply allows you to customize your environment independently of how other users of the same machine customize their environment.
It seems that sometimes the network card does not get initialized properly, despite it being plugged into a network. You can either restart, or force reinitialization of the card. To do this, double-click on the PCMCIA (PC Card) symbol next to the clock on the status bar. In the dialog box that appears, click on the "Ositech" entry and then push the stop button. Eject the card (using the button next to it) and reinsert it. Networking should now work.
OK, I have figured out how to use the Tecra modems to get TCP/IP through the Stanford dialin service. It was surprisingly easy; so easy, in fact, that I didn't realize that I had done it correctly the first time I tried it (without knowing what I was trying), and subsequently spent two hours realinzing that I had already done it.
Take the following sequence:
Start Menu -> Settings -> Control Panels
Add/Remove Programs -> Windows Setup
Double-click Communications; check the dial-up networking box; then OK; this will install dial-up networking.
After a restart, bring up the Network control panel, double-click on the Dialup Network Adapter, click on bindings, and remove the all but TCP/IP (this is the only one supported by the Stanford PPP).
Then, (after a restart, I believe):
Start Menu -> Programs -> Accessories -> Dial-Up Networking
double-click on "Make a New Connection"
The name should be something like "SUNet-PPP", and the phone number is 498-1440 (or 8-1440 from campus).
This will connect you with an IP addr, so you can run netscape, telnet, etc., but at 14.4 Kb since the dialup number doesn't support 28.8 yet. You can get a 28.8 connection through a special Stanford offer for $14.95 per month flat rate; this is useful if 498-1440 is a long-distance call. As far as speed, people say that during peak hours, the 28.8 Netcom connection is slower than the Stanford 14.4 connection, and reverse during non-peak hours.
Look at http://www-leland/group/itss-customer/Win95/ppp_stan.htm for more info on these.
If you have X-Win32, you can also run an X server; it's bit slow at 14.4Kb.
I don't know what will happen when you plug the machine back into it's regular location (i.e., try to get ethernet TCP/IP working). I suspect it'll work fine, but if it doesn't, I'm sure it's just a matter of removing the Dialup adapter TCP/IP from the Network control panel.
- Homan
Latest Update (June 28, 1996): The network drivers released this week work on our laptops. New kernels with network support will be available on Monday July 1. - Andrew
For now, transfer them to your Windows 95 partition, boot linux, then type the
following (as root) to mount your Win95 partition under Linux:
insmod msdos mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mntNow, you should be able to copy files from your Win95 partition by prefixing the path with /mnt.