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pran@sharda.ncore.soft.net wrote:
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>1.How can I get the login prompt while booting from floppy.

My guess would be that the floppy doesn't have /etc/rc
If you don't have /etc/rc, then /sbin/init will throw you
into single user mode.  The same will happen if /etc/rc
has non-zero exit status.

>2.How can I make 'pppd' work from floppy

I'm guessing that you are having a problem with logging.
pppd does return without printing anything to the screen
(at least how I use it...)  And it sends a lot of messages
to syslog.  But since you are running off a boot floppy,
you probably aren't running syslogd.  There is probably
a pppd switch for debugging, or something that might help.
And a switch that stops it from detaching itself from the
tty.

>3.Does com1 requires any configuration before starting 'pppd'

I don't remember doing anything like that when I set up ppp
last.

R. C. Dowdeswell