Arthur Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
