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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>
Igor Marnat 18 years ago
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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