[fedora-india] Fedora 11 Networking

[das]

On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:47:28 +0530
Mani A <a.mani.cms at gmail.com> wrote:


> Some changes in F11 can make things a bit difficult for new users in
> India (in particular).
> 
> If your broadband ISP requires you to use rp-pppoe, then the rpm will
> not be present in the install CD/DVD.
> It is similar for dial-up users (Wvdial will be missing)
> 

This sounds quite serious for many of us who install GNU-Linux on many
kinds of machines. In a lot of these cases directly rp-pppoe or dialup
have to be used to connect to the Net and perform yum update. 

Can't rp-pppoe or wvdial be added ad-hoc to the installer thing, at
least on some USB installer spin? 

-- 
das
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