On Sat, Sep 14, 2002 at 03:49:15PM +0200, Xavier de Labouret wrote: > > > You should also look into the Debian/NetBSD install disks that were > > posted a bit back (check the archives). They're probably the easiest way > > to get a new system up and running, even minimally, unless you're > > experienced with working in system chroots already. > > Thank you for this explanation. > > After reading this, i tried to install from the disks, but unfortunately i > was stuck by thh combination of the following: > > - only network install, > - i just have one PC with a DSL internet access. > > I thought i could do it by escaping in /bin/sh, enabling pppoe by hand, > and downloading everything from the nearest ftp mirror. Sadly, the kernel > on the install disks is from the 1.5 series, and pppoe in-kernel was not > implemented at that time. > > So here are my questions, hope they wont bother! > > - is there a turnaround i did not think of (precision: buying a new PC is > not a turnaround :) ? Maybe i should take a look at Bochs? > - if not, will there be new install disks with pppoe in-kernel enabled in > a short/middle term? Well, 1.6 is just about to go final release (it's in "there shouldn't be any major changes except to <x> and <y> prior to release, where <x> and <y> are non-i386 arch stuff); I can't speak for others about when that might get into a new set of install disks, but PPPOE is, IIRC, available in the 1.6 kernel, so could probably be turned on easily. > thank you again, > > PS: i tried a few times #debian-bsd on openprojects, and there did not > seem to be much activity on this channel. But maybe there is there another > channel elsewhere i could knock at too when i am looking for help? > > Xavier de Labouret It's very off and on. For BSD stuff, that's pretty much the place; for general development questions you could try #debian-devel, but that's more for package maintainers, et al. -- *************************************************************************** Joel Baker System Administrator - lightbearer.com lucifer@lightbearer.com http://users.lightbearer.com/lucifer/
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