Re: debian forum
Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net> wrote:
> E0x wrote, On 2006-09-25 01:22:
> > "Because a forum cannot be accessed via ssh over a crappy dial up
> > connection? Believe it or not, many people here are on poor quality,
> > or intermittent or metered connections. They would rather read and
> > reply to mail than downloading images and other nonsense. Besides, some
> > folks access their personal mail from work via ssh and mutt (or pine or
> > some other TUI MUA). If one works in a place where things like forums
> > are filtered out, then they would not be able to participate as much.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > -Roberto"
> >
> >
> >
> > true and the netinstall of debian don't coming with ppp for dialup connecion
> > something dont make sense......
>
> Report a bug against the netinstall package then. I didn't need ppp for
> netinstall over dial-up (since there was a Win98SE machine with ppp and
> internet connection sharing connected via ethernet to the new Debian
> install machine), but it should be possible to do an install from boot
> floppies (or netinstall CD) and a dial-up connection.
I would not recommend a netinstall over dial-up, but one would need ppp
for pppoe which is used in most ADSL connections, AFAICT.
Regards,
Andrei
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