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Update usage of 'nc' in README.NetConsole

Added information about usage of NetConsole on systems where the -l and -p
switches are mutually exclusive.

Signed-off-by: Igor Marnat <marny@rambler.ru>
Signed-off-by: Ben Warren <bwarren@qstreams.com>
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@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ The script expects exactly one argument, which is interpreted as  the
 target IP address (or host name, assuming DNS is working). The script
 target IP address (or host name, assuming DNS is working). The script
 can be interrupted by pressing ^T (CTRL-T).
 can be interrupted by pressing ^T (CTRL-T).
 
 
+Be aware that in some distributives (Fedora Core 5 at least)
+usage of nc has been changed and -l and -p options are considered
+as mutually exclusive. If nc complains about options provided,
+you can just remove the -p option from the script.
+
 It turns out that 'netcat' cannot be used to listen to broadcast
 It turns out that 'netcat' cannot be used to listen to broadcast
 packets. We developed our own tool 'ncb' (see tools directory) that
 packets. We developed our own tool 'ncb' (see tools directory) that
 listens to broadcast packets on a given port and dumps them to the
 listens to broadcast packets on a given port and dumps them to the