Re: Debian FTP Installation through Internet (fwd)
On Sun, 1 Jun 1997, Boris D. Beletsky wrote:
Support is normally a module. The module must be loaded to work.
> Can somebody help this guy. Problem is that pppd tells him that
> kernel lacks PPP support - I told him that he should recompile the
> kernel but seems like it didn't work. I think I remember that there
> was some other reason that pppd would act that way.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 21:35:47 -0600
> From: Dustin Withers <djelect@rmii.com>
> To: "Boris D. Beletsky" <borik@isracom.co.il>
> Subject: Re: Debian FTP Installation through Internet
>
> Boris D. Beletsky wrote:
> >
> > Download the package 'gcc' and 'cpp' from the devel section. Install
> > them ( first cpp then gcc ) and compile the kernel.
> >
> > borik
> >
>
> Sorry to bother you again, but I recompiled my kernel and enabled ppp
> support, and also made my kernel alot smaller by ommiting the extra scsi
> drivers that were not needed but still even when I run pon now it still
> tells me:
>
> "Sorry - This system lacks PPP kernel support"
>
> If you have any other thoughts about this odd problem please tell me. I
> did have a Slackware Linux box working with the internet before but I
> was using dip and not pppd.
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
>
> thks
> borik
>
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