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Bug#282711: debian-installer-manual: Slightly more beginner-friendly PPPOE text



Package: debian-installer-manual
Severity: normal

Section 7.2.3.1 of the manual says:

 However, the necessary software has been installed, which means you
 can configure PPPOE manually at this stage of the installation by
 switching to VT2 and running pppoeconf.

I propose 

 However, the necessary software has been installed, which means you
 can configure PPPOE manually at this stage of the installation as
 follows:

 - Switch to VT2: press CTRL-ALT-F2
 - Log in as user "root", with the password you have chosen in the
   previous step.
 - run pppoeconf
 - logout: type in the command logout
 - Switch back to the base configuration on VT1: press CTRL-ALT-F1

(If other arches use other keystrokes to switch VT, put the right
 keystroke for other arches.)

In my experience, mildly knowledgeable users will know how to login,
to type commands at a shell, etc, but may have never used their
computer in non-X mode, and not know about the console's VTs.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (300, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-7
Locale: LANG=fr_LU@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_LU@euro



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