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sarah31
12-25-2001, 02:59 AM
One last preinstall question here (yes I am getting close to installing it now, just trying to makre the time).
In the install manual they say I should have a bunch of ISP stuff handy. I use PPPoE to connect so I only have the host name, DNS, and netmask available to me. Will this present a problem when installing? I am doing an install via cds.
(Hopefully I can get to this on the 26th.)
Strike
12-25-2001, 06:41 AM
Never used PPPoE, so I don't know. Debian does have some packages on pppoe though:
[ddipaolo@half-life ~]% apt-cache search pppoe
pppoe - PPP over Ethernet driver
pppoeconf - configures PPPoE/ADSL
pppstatus - console-based PPP status monitor
So, as long as all the stuff you need to get your net connection up is on the CDs (should be), then you should be fine.
teeitup
12-26-2001, 05:00 AM
They are talking about the basic network info.
Host Name
IP address
Gateway
Subnet Mask
DNS servers
Domain name
Mail and News addresses
You may or may not need this. If your provider uses DHCP you may need some or none of the info.
Debian's install will ask if you want to use DHCP to configure the network. If this fails try manually entering the information using the manual option instead of DHCP.
Good Luck,
sarah31
12-26-2001, 09:19 PM
Thanks! It was a silly question but I wanted to be sure I have come across this before (ie. with OS X during install they have all this crap you have to provide because they assume that everyone is either DCHP or PPP clients, funny thing though is that it is PPPoE support is there but you have to set it up after!)and it is just a pain when it stalls the install.
Hmmm. I'm not sure if the Debian installer allows for PPPoE, you'll more than likely have to do the complete install from the CD, then install the PPPoE packages, and AFAIK, compile a fresh kernel with PPPoE support after the install is complete.
sarah31
12-26-2001, 10:32 PM
Originally posted by bdl:
<STRONG>Hmmm. I'm not sure if the Debian installer allows for PPPoE, you'll more than likely have to do the complete install from the CD, then install the PPPoE packages, and AFAIK, compile a fresh kernel with PPPoE support after the install is complete.</STRONG>
Okey dokey. Sounds good thanks!
Joeri Sebrechts
12-27-2001, 02:18 PM
Originally posted by sarah31:
<STRONG>Okey dokey. Sounds good thanks!</STRONG>
Yeah, but if you are planning on installing potato, then pppoe will most likely NOT be on the cd's, so you'd have to get pppoe packages for potato first. Might be less simple than you would assume.
pppoe sucks.