Re: 3.0.19 installation report on i386
On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 09:47:20PM -0500, Christian T. Steigies wrote:
> Hi,
> I did a fresh install of 3.0.19 on my i386 box today. I used the standard
> root.bin and rescue.bin and basedebs.tar from auric.
>
> There were only two problems with the installation, first I had to convert
> basedebs.tar to basedebs.tgz (this is fixed with 3.0.20?).
Yes, should be fixed.
>
> Second, as this box is my router connected to a DSL modem and uses pppoe,
> the network installation did not work as provided by the installer. When
> asked for which NIC was to be used for installing, I decided to give it the
> one, which is _not_ used for installing, because ppp0 was not offered to me.
> Should I have given it eth0? I know from my previous install that eth0 does
> not show up in ifconfig when using pppoe. Well, maybe thats described in the
> documentation (which I did not read ;-) but it would not hurt if the
> installer could mention this as well.
> Then, when configuring ppp, I could enter my provider information, but it
> wanted a telephone number, this is because pppoeconfig was not included in
> the basedebs? (did not check if it was or not, it wasn't used anyway).
> After setting up pppoe by hand (all required packages were in basedebs), the
> installation proceeded without problems. Now I only have to finish
> configuration...
ppoeconf is missing from the basedebs (bug already filed). Since ppp is part
of base, (can't fit in the installer system), you can't use ppp to install;
basedebs is really only there for modem and ppp users. Once pppoeconf is
added to basedebs, you would be all right, yes?
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