Ok, I just installed the latest Debian install (everyone else I know went RH5.0, but hey, I like to be different). Anyway, I dl'd the install from ftp, and now I want to install the packages, but I want to do it with ftp. So the way I see it I have to:
1) Initiate a ppp connection to my ISP 2) start dselect 3) select ftp as the method 4) select the packages I want 54) get them and install them However, I can't seem to get PPP to work. I've tried pppd, pon, ppp-on (from some scripts I got off the net) and nothing seems to work. pon was the closest, but it kept erroring out. I know the problem is with the way the ppp.chatscript was setup, but I don't know what the format is (e.g., which lines tell it to wait for "foo" then send "bar"). Could somebody please tell me the syntax for the lines in ppp.chatscript? Also, my ISP does PAP, so do I even need to use ppp.chatscript? Is there an easier way? The ppp-howto and net2-howto are, IMO, vague at best and do not necessarily coincide with the debian install (i.e., some of the mentioned files are not there, so I had to create them). Obviously, I'm a newb to linux, but hey...we all have to start somewhere. Many thanks for any assistance! John Hillman -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
