> Dear Debian users, > how can I connect two Debian machines by a null modem cable so that I > can point Dselect on one of them (with only the base system installed) > to the other (with access to a Debian CD-ROM) using the FTP or the NFS > access methods? ppp / slip links are very slow. If you actually want to do some minimal networking use a null printer cable (parallel laplink cable), and use slip. There is a nice PLIP howto, too. -Michele