pon & floppy

[Jason Carson]

Sure, I can give you some porn on a floppy

> Does anyone know how to change the phone number that pon dials? I checked
> a file referred to by pon --help (it was in etc/ppp/peers), but everything
> was in there *but* the phone number. This was configured by a deb guru
> when I was in Toronto last week. I'm a Debian first-timer (x redhat 7.3/8
> user). The number dialing is long distance. I want to change it to the
> local 7-digit number now I'm home in Timmins. I tried configuring kppp
> instead so I can just get on the Internet - I have real work to do : ) But
> kppp can't find the modem - of course the modem is fine as pon dials
> through it (albeit to the long distance number) - so I guess pon has a
> lock as it were on the modem (on ttyS0).
>
> I'd appreciate help (soon, if I may be so bold, as I'm in the Timmins
> library doing searches for answers before I go home to try the connection
> again).
>
> The real thing I need tonight is the syntax of the line to insert into
> /etc/fstab to mount the floppy drive. There's something on the floppy I
> need to print for a meeting tomorrow morning. Redhat spoiled me by adding
> that line in -- Debian does no such thing.
>
> Chris
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