Re: Installation and other problems ... [20 questions game].

2021-03-06 Thread David Wright
On Sat 06 Mar 2021 at 11:46:33 (+), Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > Hi Richard, > > Looking at the threads from you over the last year+: I think I see a common > pattern. > > * You're the person that buys DVD sets from [somewhere] to install from, I > think Thats right. https://lists.debian.org

Re: Part 2 {Re: Installation and other problems ... [20 questions game]}

2021-03-06 Thread IL Ka
> > I'm not sure what protocol would be running over the USB2 interface - maybe > PPTP - equivalent to some of the dial-up protocols. > A small note: PPTP works on top of IP, it is a VPN protocol. It encapsulates PPP protocol (which I believe you were talking about). PPP can run IP over point-to-

Re: Part 2 {Re: Installation and other problems ... [20 questions game]}

2021-03-06 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Mar 06, 2021 at 09:32:11AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/06/2021 05:46 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > [snip what I responded to in the previous reply] > > > > Let me try and help narrow down some of the scope of what you're asking and > > then see if we can help you on the debian-

Part 2 {Re: Installation and other problems ... [20 questions game]}

2021-03-06 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/06/2021 05:46 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: [snip what I responded to in the previous reply] Let me try and help narrow down some of the scope of what you're asking and then see if we can help you on the debian-user list. Maybe you could: Pick one machine that you're wanting to install Deb

Re: Installation and other problems ... [20 questions game].

2021-03-06 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/06/2021 05:46 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: Hi Richard, Hi yourself. Just how did you know I'd just finished my first cup of coffee? as one well past 'three score and ten' it's decaf :{ Looking at the threads from you over the last year+: I think I see a common pattern. Yep. Been tr

Re: Installation and other problems ... [20 questions game].

2021-03-06 Thread David
On Sat, 6 Mar 2021 at 22:46, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > Looking at the threads from you over the last year+: > I think I see a common pattern. This has been going on since 2015 or so. > Given that we can't actually sit by your side to do this: answers to some of > these in order may help us fig

Installation and other problems ... [20 questions game].

2021-03-06 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Hi Richard, Looking at the threads from you over the last year+: I think I see a common pattern. * You're the person that buys DVD sets from [somewhere] to install from, I think * You have issues with the install processes * You're prepared to stick to old software that works but have difficul