Problem on AutoPPP

1999-07-28 Thread tboy
I'm trying to set up a PPP server using mgetty with AutoPPP option enabled. But my user cannot establish a connection using win95 dialup client. Here's an excerpt of my ppp.log: Jul 19 15:28:51 hylx pppd[839]: pppd 2.3.5 started by a_ppp, uid 0 Jul 19 15:28:51 hylx pppd[839]: Using interface pp

How to pronouce "Debian"?

1999-06-23 Thread tboy
Hi all, I'm not a native english speaker so i don't know how to pronouce "Debian" --- it seems somewhat strange to me. When i introduce Debian to my friends i have to spell it out letter by letter. Any help from native english speakers?

How to upgrade to slink?

1999-03-11 Thread tboy
Hello! I have been using hamm, and now want to upgrade to slink via FTP for apt, gnome and some new key libs, etc. Which packages do I need? How to upgrade in a most economic way? Would anyone mind giving me some suggestion? Please detail your suggestion because I'm not a veteran. Thanks.

How to move system directory to other partitions?(debian 2.0)

1999-02-22 Thread tboy
I have several partitions and want to move my /home to another partition. How to do this and make it work properly? I've tried this( / is in /dev/hda3): mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb2 /home But I couldn't execute any script in the new '/home',even as root. BTW: I noticed that some directories have a st