From: hazen@budoe.bu.edu (Eric Hazen) Subject: Re: Problems galore!!.. Date: 14 Jun 1992 17:53:30 GMT
In article <#sflp+d.genie@netcom.com> genie@netcom.com (Gene Choi) writes:
Another solution to this problem might be the fact that
kermit is not transferring the files correctly. It seems that
every file transferred over kermit is slightly (a few bytes)
smaller than on the remote host original file size.
Last night I installed Kermit5A (ALPHA) from tsx-11 and had the same
problems. You have to use BINARY file mode to transfer anything but
text files. I found that I had to say "set file type binary" on BOTH
ends (local and remote). Also, the transfer speed is much faster if you
set the packet length to something longer than the default (assuming
your remote kermit supports it).
I put these commands in my ".kermrc" file in my home directory, and
everthing works well now:
set file type binary ; use binary file transfer
set file name literal ; don't mess with file names
set receive packet-length 1000 ; receive long packets
set send packet-length 1000 ; send long packets
set prompt "Linux-Kermit> " ; so I know where I am :)
I should note that I have only been able to dial my modem by hand, using
ATDT command. My config: 0.96a (no patches), 0.95a root, Kermit5A