Network install

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

>From the official Debian Internet site I read:

 A "network install" or "netinst" CD is a single CD which enables you to
 install the entire operating system. This single CD contains just the minimal
 amount of software to start the installation and fetch the remaining packages
 over the Internet.

To connect to Internet, I use ppp and a pendrive as modem.  It seems that the
minimal netinst doesn't install ppp, so I can't connect to Internet to fetch
the remaining packages.  Am I missing something important, or should conclude
that the network install is not for me?

Thanks for any help,

Rodolfo