On Sun Jan 27 10:00:01 2002 Neil T. wrote: > greetings all > I have not removed the older version of Basiclinux from my linux > partion > on my laptop yet. I am trying 1.6* in dos. I like the mail program. > I > saved my pppsetup to a disk and wonder why mail setup isn't that way > too? I know once it is installed on the HD this won't be a problem, > but > what about for those who don't?
Mail setup isn't a problem even if you are running BasicLinux from a ramdrive. You can do your pppsetup once and then save your setup to a floppy disk and then easily retrieve your settings from the floppy simply making this selection on your pppsetup menu in any subsequent session. Alternatively you can do what I did. I changed permanently all the files pertaining to pppsetup and POP3 and SMTP configs in my BASLINUX.GZ on my hard drive. Now I find that whenever I boot BasicLinux everything is already set up and nothing to do. I still have to enter pppsetup prior to my first use of "ppp-on" each time I boot up BasicLinux. Then I simply select "exit" instead of selecting the option to retrieve my settings from floppy. Getting into the pppsetup menu is a necessary first step at the beginning of each boot-up because invoking the pppsetup menu apparently toggles some kind of switch in the system which enables "ppp-on" to run. If I don't invoke the pppsetup menu first I will always get a false error message saying something to the effect that this version of the kernel has no ppp support. I find the "feature" which requires me to invoke the pppsetup menu first to be a very minor annoyance because in my case there is nothing that I need to select on any of the menu options other than "exit". I wish there were some easy way I could fix this "feature". Maybe there is an easy way for me to fix it. Steven? Sam Heywood -- This message sent by BasicLinux
