Brian writes:
> Even if they were he would have to have some way of configuring a PPP
> connection within d-i to be able to use them.
He can configure PPP with a text editor (copy the files from another
machine where it has been configured with some tool such as pppconfig)
and start it with a comm
On Sat 31 Jan 2015 at 10:24:15 +, Curt wrote:
> On 2015-01-30, Brian wrote:
> >>
> >> apt-cdrom -d=/mnt add
> >
> > About a year ago I spent an afternoon investigating why this didn't work
> > for me. Locating the notes I made would take time.
> >
>
> I can't find the bug today, although I
> As has already been mentioned, it looks as though the 'pon' command is
> no longer in the ppp package, or is that now understood and I'm
> missing something?
I was wrong: it's there. It's evidently missing from the udeb.
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On Sun 01 Feb 2015 at 00:40:59 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 10:23:25PM +, Brian wrote:
> > 3. Your attention should focus on the pool directory.
> >
> > 4. 'ls -l /mnt/pool' and 'ls -l /mnt/pool/main' gets you exploring.
> >
> > 5. After checking, install the ppp p
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 10:23:25PM +, Brian wrote:
> 3. Your attention should focus on the pool directory.
>
> 4. 'ls -l /mnt/pool' and 'ls -l /mnt/pool/main' gets you exploring.
>
> 5. After checking, install the ppp package with
>
> dpkg -i /mnt/pool/main/p/ppp/ppp_2.4.5-5.1+b1_i386.
On 2015-01-31, Curt wrote:
>
>>From what I read last night this is not the case in jessie.
>
You didn't say that, B., sorry, I did.
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On 2015-01-30, Brian wrote:
>>
>> apt-cdrom -d=/mnt add
>
> About a year ago I spent an afternoon investigating why this didn't work
> for me. Locating the notes I made would take time.
>
I can't find the bug today, although I did last night, but there is
indeed one in wheezy in the sense that y
Quoting Brian (a...@cityscape.co.uk):
> On Fri 30 Jan 2015 at 15:00:17 -0600, David Wright wrote:
>
> > Quoting Rodolfo Medina (rodolfo.med...@gmail.com):
> > >
> > > So I can't install ppp and so I won't be able to connect to internet.
> >
> > Insert the pendrive, and see where it's mounted (fr
On Fri 30 Jan 2015 at 15:00:17 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> Quoting Rodolfo Medina (rodolfo.med...@gmail.com):
> >
> > So I can't install ppp and so I won't be able to connect to internet.
>
> Insert the pendrive, and see where it's mounted (from the logs, console etc.)
>
> mount -t auto /dev/s
On Fri 30 Jan 2015 at 19:36:03 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Brian writes:
>
> > By "install Debian" do you mean you go all the way through the installer
> > menu and then finish the install by booting into the new system?
>
>
> I'll try to explain better (strange, it seems so clear to me).
Quoting Rodolfo Medina (rodolfo.med...@gmail.com):
> http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/
>
> I download the file debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso and put it onto pendrive
> stick, then start the installation trough the Debian Installer. Everything
> goes fine all the way through the installer men
On 30/01/2015 14:36, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Brian writes:
>
>> By "install Debian" do you mean you go all the way through the installer
>> menu and then finish the install by booting into the new system?
>
>
> I'll try to explain better (strange, it seems so clear to me).
>
> T[...]
>
> At t
Brian writes:
> By "install Debian" do you mean you go all the way through the installer
> menu and then finish the install by booting into the new system?
I'll try to explain better (strange, it seems so clear to me).
The problem only occurs with pendrive stick, not with CD-ROM. I.e.:
From:
On Fri 30 Jan 2015 at 15:38:56 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> I did more tests to the problem. The situation is the following.
>
> From:
>
> http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/
>
> I downloaded the file debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso. Now I have two
> possibilities:
>
> 1) I burn that file
On Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:38:56 +
Rodolfo Medina wrote:
Hello Rodolfo,
> connect to internet and download the remaining packages, the system
> requires inserting a CD-ROM and won't see the pendrive.
Somewhere, in your settings, you've still got the CD selected as a valid
source. Remove it.
I did more tests to the problem. The situation is the following.
From:
http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/
I downloaded the file debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso. Now I have two
possibilities:
1) I burn that file onto CD-ROM and install Debian on PC using that CD-ROM.
After the base install
Rodolfo Medina writes:
> My problem now is that after netinstall, even installing ppp in
> expert mode, that command turns to be `not found'
It seems to have been removed from ppp.
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On Fri 30 Jan 2015 at 07:55:11 -0500, Dan Purgert wrote:
> On 30/01/2015 03:18, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> > [...]
> >>> To connect to Internet, I use ppp and a pendrive as modem.
> >>
> >> I doubt so. A "pendrive" is not a modem, it is a storage device.
> >
> > Sorry, it's something similar to a pe
Dan Purgert writes:
> On 30/01/2015 03:18, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>> [...]
To connect to Internet, I use ppp and a pendrive as modem.
>>>
>>> I doubt so. A "pendrive" is not a modem, it is a storage device.
>>
>> Sorry, it's something similar to a pendrive.
>>
>
> What is it exactly? Is it
On 30/01/2015 03:18, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> [...]
>>> To connect to Internet, I use ppp and a pendrive as modem.
>>
>> I doubt so. A "pendrive" is not a modem, it is a storage device.
>
> Sorry, it's something similar to a pendrive.
>
What is it exactly? Is it a 3/4g cell card (such as provided
Rodolfo Medina writes:
> Darac Marjal writes:
>
>> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 04:09:46PM -0500, Dan Purgert wrote:
>>> On 29/01/2015 15:39, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>>> > Hello,
>>> >
>>> > Rodolfo Medina a écrit :
>>> >>
>>> >> To connect to Internet, I use ppp and a pendrive as modem.
>>> >
>>>
Darac Marjal writes:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 04:09:46PM -0500, Dan Purgert wrote:
>> On 29/01/2015 15:39, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Rodolfo Medina a écrit :
>> >>
>> >> To connect to Internet, I use ppp and a pendrive as modem.
>> >
>> > I doubt so. A "pendrive" is not a m
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 04:09:46PM -0500, Dan Purgert wrote:
> On 29/01/2015 15:39, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Rodolfo Medina a écrit :
> >>
> >> To connect to Internet, I use ppp and a pendrive as modem.
> >
> > I doubt so. A "pendrive" is not a modem, it is a storage device.
>
Quoting Rodolfo Medina (rodolfo.med...@gmail.com):
> To connect to Internet, I use ppp and a pendrive as modem. It seems that the
> minimal netinst doesn't install ppp, so I can't connect to Internet to fetch
> the remaining packages. Am I missing something important, or should conclude
> that t
On Thursday 29 January 2015 21:09:46 Dan Purgert wrote:
> On 29/01/2015 15:39, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Rodolfo Medina a écrit :
> >> To connect to Internet, I use ppp and a pendrive as modem.
> >
> > I doubt so. A "pendrive" is not a modem, it is a storage device.
>
> Bet he's ref
On 29/01/2015 15:39, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Rodolfo Medina a écrit :
>>
>> To connect to Internet, I use ppp and a pendrive as modem.
>
> I doubt so. A "pendrive" is not a modem, it is a storage device.
Bet he's referring to 3g/4g cell card as a "pendrive modem" or perhaps
is using
Hello,
Rodolfo Medina a écrit :
>
> To connect to Internet, I use ppp and a pendrive as modem.
I doubt so. A "pendrive" is not a modem, it is a storage device.
> It seems that the minimal netinst doesn't install ppp
It does. You may need to choose expert install in order to be able to
select p
Op Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:30:17 +0100 schreef Rodolfo Medina
:
From the official Debian Internet site I read:
A "network install" or "netinst" CD is a single CD which enables you to
install the entire operating system. This single CD contains just the
minimal
amount of software to start th
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:55:44 -0700
Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I download a 128MB network installer iso so that I could use it to
> download binariy and source files one at a time from over the internet.
Usually you only need binary packages, you don't need the sources unless
you want
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 08:32:42AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > apt-cache --names-only search tcl | grep doc | wc -l
> > 6
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ apt-cache -n search tcl doc | wc -l
> 6
>
> heh. multiple words in the search string saves a pipe and grep ;-P
Too true!
Weird behav
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 04:47:03PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 11:03:17AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > aptitude install python
> >
> > and away it goes... when done you have python.
> >
> > how about tcl?
> >
> > apt-cache search tcl
> >
> > this produces
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 11:03:17AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> aptitude install python
>
> and away it goes... when done you have python.
>
> how about tcl?
>
> apt-cache search tcl
>
> this produces 217 packages matching 'tcl', hmmm... lets narrow that
> down by searching just the n
Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Don't forget that 'aptitude search tcl' also searches only packages
> names.
The ara and xara packages allow for keyword searching in the
description field. I use xara-gtk in the simple mode, and it has an
easy form based interface for searching.
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:03:17 -0800
Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
> how about tcl?
>
> apt-cache search tcl
>
> this produces 217 packages matching 'tcl', hmmm... lets narrow that
> down by searching just the names of packages and not their
> descriptions
>
> apt-cache
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 02:55:44PM -0700, Admin wrote:
[...]
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. Could I simply do an FTP of some
> Debian mirror? What I don't like about this FTP idea or the installer
> as far as that goes is that many of the applications I want are not
> available exc
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 02:55:44PM -0700, Admin wrote:
> I download a 128MB network installer iso so that I could use it to
> download binariy and source files one at a time from over the internet.
> Being new to Debian I tried to understand this process and came to
> understand that all binary
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 05:50:46PM -0500, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
[huge snip]
Sorry for not trimming. Finger slipped.
Doug.
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On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 02:55:44PM -0700, Admin wrote:
> I download a 128MB network installer iso so that I could use it to
> download binariy and source files one at a time from over the internet.
> Being new to Debian I tried to understand this process and came to
> understand that all binary
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:35:25 -0600
"Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
> Regarding binaries: The Debian archive typically includes both source
> and binary for each package, but the network installer assumes that
> you can do without the source until the base system is running.
* Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070211 16:00]:
> I download a 128MB network installer iso so that I could use it to
...
> In other words, I need a Debian system up and running (which I don't
> have at the present time) and even then the packaged binaries and
> sources will be unpacked and placed in
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:55:44 -0700
Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
The Debian archive is huge and it is not trivial to set-up. There is a
method to use CD images as a pseudo-mirror, though I don't think this
is the best way for you (see below). Check this:
http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/in
I download a 128MB network installer iso so that I could use it to
download binariy and source files one at a time from over the internet.
Being new to Debian I tried to understand this process and came to
understand that all binary files are considered to be a "package" sort
of wrapped with d
I wrote:
If you have a drive larger than 137 GB (128 GiB) then you must use a 2.6
kernel to avoid disk addresses wrapping around beyond that point.
Sorry, I got this wrong. 2.4 should be fine as well, so I don't know
what the problem might have been.
Ben.
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Alexandru Cabuz wrote:
Hello,
My question concerns the correct course of action when installing
Sarge on a computer whose only way to connect to the internet is
through an nVidia nForce 3 ethernet interface which needs the driver
provided by nVidia at
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_amd64
Start by reading the Network Configuration chapter of the Debian
Reference. It is available online here:
http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-gateway.en.html
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Elder C. Alan Hungerford wrote:
I am trying to do a network install of Woody on an old p2 so that I
can turn it into a glorified mp3 player for my company’s on hold music
and messages. I can get as far as rebooting the machine through
setting up the system clock and such. But it seems that when
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 11:26:37AM -0600, James Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > I'm thinking of recommending Debian to someone who has only a dialin
> > connection to the 'net. For various reasons, a network install would be
> > the best option
on Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 11:26:37AM -0600, James Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I'm thinking of recommending Debian to someone who has only a dialin
> connection to the 'net. For various reasons, a network install would be
> the best option for them.
You don't get into the "whys", but I'd b
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, David Palmer. wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:52:06 -0700
> "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Incoming from James Miller:
> > > I'm thinking of recommending Debian to someone who has only a dialin
> > > connection to the 'net. For various reasons, a network instal
* David Palmer. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031218 11:39]:
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:52:06 -0700
> "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Incoming from James Miller:
> > > I'm thinking of recommending Debian to someone who has only a dialin
> > > connection to the 'net. For various reasons, a netw
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:52:06 -0700
"s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Incoming from James Miller:
> > I'm thinking of recommending Debian to someone who has only a dialin
> > connection to the 'net. For various reasons, a network install would be
>
> Isn't cheapbytes still out there? The
> -Original Message-
> From: James Miller
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 12:20 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: network install via dialup?
>
>
> I'm thinking of recommending Debian to someone who has only a dialin
> connection to the 'net. For various reasons, a network
> in
Incoming from James Miller:
> I'm thinking of recommending Debian to someone who has only a dialin
> connection to the 'net. For various reasons, a network install would be
Isn't cheapbytes still out there? The last time I bought from them,
shipping cost more than the disks.
Alternatively, can'
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 09:14:53AM -0500, Avdi B. Grimm wrote:
> Hi folks, maybe someone can help me with this. Although I've been
> running Debian testing/unstable for many months now on what was
> originally a Progeny box, this is the first time I've done a plain
> vanilla Debian install. I'm t
Nicholas Avenell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --snip-- <
...where my network card isn't there. Or, rather, the driver of my
network card isn't there. The driver it uses is 8139cp (or 8139too, it
doesn't matter). The question is how did it contact my DHCP server,
firewall, the FTP server and ever
On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 13:09, McGillan, Patrick wrote:
> My preferred method, and I've used it twice in recent days, is to unplug
> from the network before the finish of the install. The program crashes out
> with a minimal install. Then I do these steps;
>
> plug the network back in
> edit '/etc/
> A couple of posters have mentioned a network install. Where are the
> details spelled out? Are we talking installing from a running
> machine? Already network enabled? My situation is that I have 2
> desktops before me. A full well used redhat 7.1 on one machine and A
> solaris x86 on anoth
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 02:33:27PM -0700, Rob Park wrote:
...
| I _am_ able to ping the server correctly, and the network connection
| does work because it downloads a bunch of other files first. I get this
| problem when I
High,
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Greetings;
>
> I like Debian.
>
> And for that matter. I'd like to take my home machine in to the same rj45
> for faster updates/upgrades. How can I make that ppp-installed Debian box
> access the intenet via nic?
>
>
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