RE: PPP and mouse
On 06-Jan-99 Michelle Maria Coelho wrote:
> Hi...
> Yesterday, I downloeaded the Debian Linux installation kit on floppies
> and installed it on my 486 at home. It was a breeze. However, there was
> one problem. At the time of installation, I hadn't plugged in the mouse
> (a Microsoft PS/2 serial mouse). I'm wondering if the plugging in of the
> mouse was crucial to the stage "Configure device drivers". Will I have
> problems while installing XFree86????
Nope, Linux does not care. You will eventually want to compile a kernel that
has only what you need though.
>
> All I wish to use this PC for is dialling up to my university and
> working remotely. I have not purchased a modem yet. Could someone please
> tell me
> a)what kind of modem I should buy
Any, just avoid ones that are "winmodems". The box should state this.
> b)how to configure it *I do not have a DOS partition on my hard disk. I
> only have a Linux native and a Linux Swap partition*
Simply install the hardware -- Linux needs no device drivers.
> c)how to configure PPP support.
Install the pppd package and its dependencies.
>
> All I have installed right now is just the base system. I have just
> 116Mb on my hard disk and 16Mb of RAM. So I set aside 100MB for the
> Primary Linux Partition and 16Mb for the swap. I'm wondering if I'll
> have enough memory to install the bare XWindows system.
>
It will be tight. Run a small window manager like twm.
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