Re: [gentoo-dev] PPP on boot CD

[Martin Schlemmer]

On Tue, 2001-10-23 at 18:33, Karl Trygve Kalleberg wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Oct 2001 06:07:51 +0200 (CEST)
> "Tom von Schwerdtner" <tvon@×××××.org> wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before, and to be honest I dont
> know
> > if the current version solves this problem, but I installed r11 from the
> > source boot CD (was isolinux at that point, dont know if it has changed)
> and
> > I was a bit troubled by the fact that PPP installs were not accounted
> for.
> >
> > But, that is the past.....what I want to know is, will the next release
> (1.0
> > or otherwise) include ppp support?
> >
> > I assume ppp support is just something that nobody has gotten around to,
> but
> > otherwise, ignoring dial-up users is a gigantic mistake.
>
> I do not quite understand the question, I'm afraid.
>
> We do have ppp ebuilds in the tree,  but they might not be on the
> installation CD. Installing Gentoo from scratch over PPP has, afaik, not
> been throughly tested yet.
>
> Once Gentoo is installed, setting up ppp is fairly easy (just merge ppp
> and pppconfig, for instance). I daily check mail using ppp.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Karl T

Hi

I think what he means, is that he would like pppd, chat, etc on the boot
image, and and ppp support build (maby as modules) into the kernel that
is used to boot the image.

Meaning, he can boot off the cd, modprobe ppp_generic and co, and run
pppd and chat to establish a internet connection, and then do the
bootstrap.

Personally living in a country without cable, etc, i think it is a great
idea.


Greetings
-- 

Martin Schlemmer
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Developer
Cape Town, South Africa