On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 09:47:20PM -0500, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > Hi, > I did a fresh install of 3.0.19 on my i386 box today. I used the standard > root.bin and rescue.bin and basedebs.tar from auric. > > There were only two problems with the installation, first I had to convert > basedebs.tar to basedebs.tgz (this is fixed with 3.0.20?).
Yes, should be fixed. > > Second, as this box is my router connected to a DSL modem and uses pppoe, > the network installation did not work as provided by the installer. When > asked for which NIC was to be used for installing, I decided to give it the > one, which is _not_ used for installing, because ppp0 was not offered to me. > Should I have given it eth0? I know from my previous install that eth0 does > not show up in ifconfig when using pppoe. Well, maybe thats described in the > documentation (which I did not read ;-) but it would not hurt if the > installer could mention this as well. > Then, when configuring ppp, I could enter my provider information, but it > wanted a telephone number, this is because pppoeconfig was not included in > the basedebs? (did not check if it was or not, it wasn't used anyway). > After setting up pppoe by hand (all required packages were in basedebs), the > installation proceeded without problems. Now I only have to finish > configuration... ppoeconf is missing from the basedebs (bug already filed). Since ppp is part of base, (can't fit in the installer system), you can't use ppp to install; basedebs is really only there for modem and ppp users. Once pppoeconf is added to basedebs, you would be all right, yes? -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
