Re: debian forum

[Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>]

Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net> wrote:

> E0x wrote, On 2006-09-25 01:22:
> >     "Because a forum cannot be accessed via ssh over a crappy dial up
> >     connection?  Believe it or not, many people here are on poor quality,
> >     or intermittent or metered connections.  They would rather read and
> >     reply to mail than downloading images and other nonsense.  Besides, some
> >     folks access their personal mail from work via ssh and mutt (or pine or
> >     some other TUI MUA).  If one works in a place where things like forums
> >     are filtered out, then they would not be able to participate as much.
> > 
> >     Regards,
> > 
> >     -Roberto"
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > true and the netinstall of debian don't coming with ppp for dialup connecion
> > something dont make sense......
> 
> Report a bug against the netinstall package then. I didn't need ppp for 
> netinstall over dial-up (since there was a Win98SE machine with ppp and 
> internet connection sharing connected via ethernet to the new Debian 
> install machine), but it should be possible to do an install from boot 
> floppies (or netinstall CD) and a dial-up connection.

I would not recommend a netinstall over dial-up, but one would need ppp
for pppoe which is used in most ADSL connections, AFAICT.

Regards,
Andrei
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