PPP(oe) problem and installation report
Hi,
I'll soon have an ADSL in my flat and I'm playing with d-i on a
Windoze machine running VMware just to get confident with the
installation process in order to get Debian up and running ASAP. I saw
a few threads discussed lately on this list about PPPoe and from what
I got it should be possible to use the businesscard image. Here's a
sort of diary of my tests; in the netinst installation I found a bug so
read on if you're interested. Sorry if I haven't reported a bugreport
but I'm a newbie and at the present I have limited access to the
internet.
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I tried using the businesscard (tc1) image;
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1) I booted with "expert" parameter
2) choose languae
3) choose country or region
4) Select kb layout
5) detect and mount cdrom
6) load installer components from CD:
ppp-modules-2.4.26-1-386-di
7) detect network hardware
now I'm offered to configure the network (pppoe has not been even
mentioned yet). If I choose to go on with network configuration I can
choose between DHCP or static IP addr so I try to go back and see if I
can do anything about pppoe using a shell...
8) befor running the shell I set up my disk partition
9) i finally run the shell and press p<tab><tab> but nothing about
pppoe comes up.
/cdrom/pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di-i386/ppp-modules-2.4.26-1-386-di_0.62
_i386.udeb
/cdrom/pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di-i386-2.6/ppp-modules-2.6.5-1-386-di_0
.59_i386.udeb
/cdrom/pool/main/p/ppp
/cdrom/pool/main/p/ppp/ppp-udeb_2.4.2+20040202-3_i386.udeb
/cdrom/pool/main/p/ppp/TRANS.TBL
/lib/modules/2.4.26-1-386/kernel/drivers/net/pppox.o
/lib/modules/2.4.26-1-386/kernel/drivers/net/pppoe.o
/lib/modules/2.4.26-1-386/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_synctty.o
/lib/modules/2.4.26-1-386/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_generic.o
/lib/modules/2.4.26-1-386/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.o
/lib/modules/2.4.26-1-386/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_async.o
so I "modprobe pppoe" but now I don't know what to do to set up a
connection with the provider....
10) I try to install the base system hoping to get installed the
necessary
to set it up but it (obiouvsy) fails getting the Release file from the
network.
I give up because as a newbie there's nothing more I can do.... so
maybe there's a way to set up the pppoe connection but I haven't found
it.
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now I try with the netinst tc1 iso
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point 1-8 are the same of the previous installation
9) instead of running the shell this time I install the base system
( I choose kernel 2.4)
10) I install GRUB (probably out of the scope of the test but...)
11) I finish the installation and reboot the machine
12) setup users and pwds as to have at least a root account
13) configure and enable ppp
even if i don't think that this has to do with pppoe I give it a try...
"Create Create a connection named provider"
"Quit Exit this utility"
to me it doesn't look very good... I think
"Create a connection named provider"
"Exit this utility"
would be much better and intuitive, anyway...
********* here' the bug **********
I opt for "Create a connection named provider" and when I have to
configure dns I decide to go back with "cancel" then i try again to
select "Create a connection named provider" and nothing happens.
Instead of having the chance to configure dns as I did before nothing
happens.
As for the pppoe connection I open a new terminal and there are
commands like pppoeconf so it should be possible to set up the
connection.
I hope this message hasn't been too long and boring!
Could anyone please formulate which steps should be followed in order
to perform a pppoe installation (maybe a link or just a list of files to
be
modified would be more than enough)
thanx a lot in advance,
Davide
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