On Sun, Feb 21, 1999 at 12:04:29PM -0600, Paul Miller wrote: > Andrei Ivanov wrote: > > > > Base system is there just to get you started. Man pages, C/C++, etc . is > > all in packages which need to be installed. If you don't have the > > connection to net....well, installing via floppies will work for some > > things, but looking > > on the bigger picture, if you can not get a CD ($10 with 3-day delivery), > > you are pretty much screwed. Get the connection running, and you can > > download everything. Will just take some time. > > > I notice that the PPP package is an Optional Base package. Does it not > come on the install floppies? This would make sense if it did so that > people like Jeremy could install beyond their base system via FTP.
I'm pretty sure that it does. Way back before my cable modem, I downloaded Debian overnight over a PPP link. Then again, if it isn't, all you need to do is download the ppp package on a disk with the same connection you got the base system from. -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
