pppd failed

2002-07-10 Thread Joe Santmyer
Hi,   I installed Debian linux from files obtained via internet and eventually got it to work.  I can dial-up over a modem after running pppconfig.  Things went OK.   Next, I wanted to get linux source code and build kernel.  That went OK.  I have run the new kernel and it seems to work exc

pppd failed

2002-07-10 Thread Joe Santmyer
Hi,   I installed Debian linux from files obtained via internet and eventually got it to work.  I can dial-up over a modem after running pppconfig.  Things went OK.   Next, I wanted to get linux source code and build kernel.  That went OK.  I have run the new kernel and it seems to work exc

Mark your boot partition as ``Bootable''

2002-07-04 Thread Joe Santmyer
The last sentence in Section 7.6 in the installation manual Installing Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 For Intel x86 at   http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install   it says Remember to mark your boot partition as ``Bootable''. How do you mark a boot partition as Bootable? Joe  

Mark your boot partition as ``Bootable''

2002-07-04 Thread Joe Santmyer
The last sentence in Section 7.6 in the installation manual Installing Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 For Intel x86 at   http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install   it says Remember to mark your boot partition as ``Bootable''. How do you mark a boot partition as Bootable? Joe