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From: young@vlsi.ll.mit.edu (George Young)
Subject: how to dump pc disks to unix server
Message-ID: <1991Apr30.194154.17774@vlsi.ll.mit.edu>
Keywords: ftp telnet dump
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Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington MA
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Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1991 19:41:54 GMT

We have two IBM ATs and two Zenith 386 machines, all running DOS.  I need
to connect them up to our local (thinnet) ethernet so they can telnet and
ftp to our Sun SparcServer 4/390 (only client side is needed), and most
importantly, dump to the tape drive on the Sun.  I realize there are
probably dozens of ways to set this up but we have a big constraint:
money.  We will have to buy an ethernet board for each machine, of course.
But I would hope to be able to use PD software.  We don't care about
optimal speed; anything would be better than serial-port Kermit transfers.
We don't(I think) need the multiple protocol stacks often discussed here,
just tcp/ip.  Our other constraint is expertise: I'm a sun-vax/unix
hacker/sysadmin, no pc experience.  We have a modest pc hardware hacker
with no networking experience.  I can spend a few days hacking this into
shape, but not weeks.

So all( :)) ) I need is 
  a) recommendation for a cheap pc ethernet board (specific source?).
  b) supercheap software to work with that board.
  c) hints, warnings, suggestions for making it all work.

I will post summary of email responses, if requested.

George Young,  Rm. B-141		young@vlsi.ll.mit.edu
MIT Lincoln Laboratory			young@vdd.vlsi.ll.mit.edu
244 Wood St.				[129.55.11.1]
Lexington, Massachusetts  02173-9108	(617) 981-2756
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George Young,  Rm. B-141		young@vlsi.ll.mit.edu
MIT Lincoln Laboratory			young@vdd.vlsi.ll.mit.edu
244 Wood St.				[129.55.11.1]
Lexington, Massachusetts  02173-9108	(617) 981-2756