dman wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 02:05:46PM +0100, Antonio wrote:
> | Is there a way to net-install Woody (or sid) via ADSL? I don't have a direct
> | ethernet connection, but installing via ADSL would solve me a couple of
> | problems.
>
> Yes. ADLS is nothing special as far as software goes. You have an
> ethernet card that plugs into an ethernet<->atm<->dsl bridge (DSL is
> the physical layer for the ATM[1] network). As far as debian is
> concerned you have a network. As far as the kernel is concerned you
> have an ethernet card. The only potential hiccup is that most DSL
> providers requir you to use DHCP to obtain an IP address. I don't
> know if the installer can do this or not.
At least the largest DSL provider here in Germany uses PPPoE, and I
didn't see a way to set this up from within the installer, although
setting up PPPoE is really easy with pppoeconf (as soon as you do have a
Debian system already connected to the net).
Regards...
Michael
