[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > It could also be put on the net_drivers floppy, for use >> >with a 3 floppy full net/ppp install. That floppy currently has only 71k >> >free (but already includes ppp and serial port modules), so if that is >> >not enough space, we'd need a separate ppp_drivers floppy. >> Do not forget that the ppp modules are useless without ppp-udeb, so you >> either find the 200 KB needed by it or remove these too. >If the udeb is 200k then we'll need to split all that off to a separate >ppp_drivers floppy. How could it be split? I can't find a list of which packages are in each floppy, but pppoe depends on the udebs with the ethernet drivers.
>> BTW, what are the serial port modules supposed to be used for? ppp-udeb >> does not support setting up a dialup connection (it lacks chat(8) and a >> configuration front end). >They were probably included initially in the expectation that we'd have >ppp support on there sometime, I don't know. Yes, but this is not going to happen, so they should be removed if they are not needed. >> Anyway, if the plan is to support pppoe with three floppies then I think >> this part could be skipped, probably users who cannot boot a pppoe >> initrd from the network or from an USB drive would prefer to download >> the business card CD image rather than mess with floppies. >Some people do not have CD drives. No CD drives, no USB drives and no network, but broadband access? It's possible, but it looks like a corner case to me. -- ciao, Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]