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Re: Does HURD have PPP support?



On Thu, Apr 22, 1999 at 09:12:08AM -0600, suicydl@phreaker.net wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> Just wondering, quite awhile ago I heard a rumor that HURD didn't have PPP support yet.

This is still correct.

> I have been meaning to get ahold of HURD and check it out, but of course this isn't
> going to work too well if it doesnt support PPP (I just have a modem)...

You can get the files via Linux or any other operating system, you just
won't have net access directly from the hurd.

Let me tell you that I have bootstrapped the whole system with only a modem,
so it is pretty much doable. You just have to want it very much :)

I still have only a modem, but also a carryable ZIP drive which helps a lot.

Thanks,
Marcus

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