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- Subject: No software to net-install over a ppp modem connection
- From: David Lawyer <dave@lafn.org>
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 12:36:00 -0700
- Message-id: <20060516193559.GA654@lafn.org>
Package: debian-installer Version: Sarge ? The netinst page (http://www.us.debian.org/distrib/netinst) claims: This sort of network installation process requires either an analogue PPP dialup connection to your Internet provider, or Internet access via Ethernet (possibly using a PCMCIA card in your laptop). Unfortunately, it does not support internal ISDN cards. Well, I used a browser to go to: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current//images/floppy/ and downloaded 3 floppy disk images: boot.img, root.img, and net-drivers.img and copied them onto floppies. Then I got Linux running using the first 2 floppies and then installed the net-drivers from the 3rd floppy. But the drivers seem to only be for ethernet cards. Where are the drivers for a PPP dialup connection to the Internet via an ISP, modem and telephone line? This software should include dialup software such as wvdial. David Lawyer PS: Below is a text copy of the netinst page: http://www.us.debian.org/distrib/netinst ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1]Debian Project Select a server near you [United States.] Go [2]Skip Quicknav * [3]About Debian * [4]News * [5]Getting Debian * [6]Support * [7]Developers' Corner * [8]Site map * [9]Search Installing Debian GNU/Linux via the Internet If you have a permanent connection to the Internet, you can install Debian using that. You would initially download only a small portion of Debian required to start the installation process, and then install whatever else you want from within the installation program. This sort of network installation process requires either an analogue PPP dialup connection to your Internet provider, or Internet access via Ethernet (possibly using a PCMCIA card in your laptop). Unfortunately, it does not support internal ISDN cards. There are two options for installs over the network: * [10]Minimal CD: Instead of getting a full 650MB CD image, you just download a CD image file which contains the bare essentials necessary to install the rest. For the moment, it's necessary to have access to a CD recorder in order to use this. * [11]Floppy disks: You download a couple of floppy disk images (files the size of a floppy disk), write them to floppy disks, and then start the installation by booting from the those diskettes. __________________________________________________________________ Back to the [12]Debian Project homepage. __________________________________________________________________ This page is also available in the following languages: [13]B"lgarski (B@lgarski) [14]catal`a [15]cesky [16]dansk [17]Deutsch [18]Ellynika' (Ellinika) [19]espanol [20]franc,ais [21]한국어 (Hangul) [22]Italiano [23]magyar [24]Nederlands [25]日本語 (Nihongo) [26]polski [27]Portugues [28]romana [29]Russkij (Russkij) [30]slovensky [31]suomi [32]svenska [33]Tuerkc,e [34]ukrayins'ka (ukrajins'ka) [35]中文(简) [36]中文(HK) [37]中文(繁) How to set [38]the default document language __________________________________________________________________ To report a problem with the web site, e-mail [39]debian-www@lists.debian.org. 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- To: 367551-done@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: closing
- From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:54:20 -0400
- Message-id: <20060929185420.GA30634@kitenet.net>
This is a documentation issue.. I've fixed the page on the website that incorrectly points ppp users to floppy installs. The only supported ppp installation methods are via a full or netinst CD. You have to set up ppp on the installed system, after installing it from CD. -- see shy joAttachment: signature.asc
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