On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, John C. Tull wrote:
> After banging my head to build a kernel with support for both scsi (why > can this not be in the default install kernel?) and aty128 this past > weekend (from install cd, mount /sdc5 /mnt then mount -t hfs /dev/sdb6 > /mnt/mnt <-- interesting trick to get files from boot partition to hfs > partition for BootX), I was able to fire up Mandrake 8.2b1. > What kind of SCSI? There is support in the installer for several types, at least I've been doing installs on the 7600 with SCSI drives somehow. The support is modular, as is networking, etc. > The issue that kills me now is ppp access. I set up my network for both > ppp and ethernet (for local filesharing only). When I try to set up kppp > to access via script or terminal (required by my .edu provider; no PAP, > etc.), kppp runs the script then tries "Logging in to the Network...", > then drops the connection. I have used the noauth pppd command with no > success also. > > The detailed error report shows "couldn't find interface ppp0: no such > device". The modem itself is working fine, btw. From linuxconf... > Networking... I disabled the eth0 interface with same result. BUT there > was no ppp0 interface... I am guessing that there needs to be, but I > thought the installer would have handled that. If there should be, what > values are needed besides interface: ppp0? > Sounds like you omitted ppp support in your home-rolled kernel. The installer does not setup, nor does there exist a /dev/ppp0. Other folks are successfully making ppp connections with the provided kernel. > Any clues would be appreciated. > > Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ Cooker-PPC IRC: irc.openprojects.net/#cooker-ppc
