> > > I'm interested in submitting a 'Beginner's Debian Installation Guide' of > > > some sort. I have about 80% of the framework of one completed, but am > > > concerned about the lack of fat32 support. As is stands, if someone has a > > > new computer formatted in fat32, they would have to format a fat16 > > > partition to download the packages into. the vfat module in the > > > > Not correct. In no case do you have to download the packages onto a > > non-Debian partition. dselect can automatically grab the packages you > > need on-the-fly via PPP, Ethernet, Token Ring, or whatever network > > system you have. There is no need to download them beforehand; in > > fact, doing so will probably be much more difficult. > > I was under the impression that the base install doesn't come with full > PPP support (it says this during installation). After the base install > (from floppy), you still are unable to dialup. If you could dialup, that > would, of course, solve everything.
The ppp support is not fully setup, you need to provide some configuration, but all the programs needed for a ppp connection are part of base -- Proudly running Debian Linux! Linux vs. Windows is a no-Win situation.... Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
