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Re: Network install



On 30/01/2015 03:18, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> [...]
>>> To connect to Internet, I use ppp and a pendrive as modem.
>>
>> I doubt so. A "pendrive" is not a modem, it is a storage device.
> 
> Sorry, it's something similar to a pendrive.
>

What is it exactly?  Is it a 3/4g cell card (such as provided by a phone
company), or something else?

> 
>>> It seems that the minimal netinst doesn't install ppp
>>
>> It does. You may need to choose expert install in order to be able to
>> select ppp extra packages.
> 
> 
> In the expert mode, I select the two ppp packages, but even then the `pon'
> command, which I use to connect, still remains `not found' by the system.


are those ppp packages being INSTALLED (or at least loaded into the
minimal kernel) ... or are you selecting them for install after the PC
finally connects to the internet?


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