Re: man missing ?
In a message dated 1/28/99 9:57:17 AM Central Standard Time,
paul@experimental.braille.uwo.ca writes:
[snip]
> file. and do some other stuff with the root.bin It is my understanding
> that you use a program called floppy-split to split the base2_0.tgz into
> the base disks. You would be adding one more disk to the mix that
> everyone would have to download because it was included in the base2_0.tgz
[snip]
I see your point, but how about making it a disk similar to the rescue disk; a
single separate entity? Also, as pointed out earlier, maybe this disk could
include
the HOWTOs and FAQ with/in lieu of the man pages.
> I could give you a couple of alternatives to get a brief explanation for
> programs that would be <command> --help and take a little time to
> familiarize yourself with the directory structure of debian. This really
> helped me to understand the difference between /bin and /sbin user and
> superuser binaries. There are howto on the web at http://www.debian.org
> and at ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux those two website are valuable
> resource to find information on linux.
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What might also be helpful is to have a page come up when the install program
finishes (before dselect runs) that gives you these addresses, and maybe a
quick explanation of how to use the --help function on programs. This page
could also point you to the man, FAQ, and HOWTO packages.
> Look in /usr/doc/<package_name> ie
> /usr/doc/ppp/FAQ.gz tells you how to connect to your isp.
> I hope this helps you.
I found the documentation on getting PPP to run - but again, this info isn't
available the first time you run dselect - that is when it's needed. I
haven't even tried it, so this may be a moot point, but when you run dselect
the first time, select the ftp method - then what? does it ask for a phone
number? how about whether or not to use chap? or does it take this info from
the pppconfig info you set up previously? How about modem setups at this
point?
-Jay
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