FC3 on a VirtualPC needs PPTP support...

From: Bo Berglund (bo.berglund_at_telia.com)
Date: 05/31/05

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    I installed Fedora Core in a VirtualPC box on an XP-Pro with 1 gig
    RAM.
    It has been done because I need both Windows and Linux development
    environments basically at the same time.
    But to get at the sources from the Linux box I also need CVS access to
    the corporate server and this can only happen if I am inside the local
    LAN via a VPN tunnel. CVS is not channeled through the firewall.
    The VPN tunnel is served by a Windows2000 server with RRAS and it
    implements the PPTP protocol.

    So my best guess is that I should install PPTP support into FC3 and
    then go from there. I found this link in previous posts:
    http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-fedora-core-3.phtml
    Here one of the early steps is to get a new kernel:
      kernel_ppp_mppe-0.0.5-2dkms.noarch.rpm

    However, in order to make FC3 run at all inside a Virtual PC box I had
    to install a kernel update already. Instructions were given here:
    http://vpc.visualwin.com/Notes/FedoraCore.3.Final.html

    and in step #43 one does this:
    rpm -i --force kernel-2.6.9-vpc.i686.rpm

    which I believe will install a new kernel (correct me if I am wrong).

    What I am worried about now is if the PPTP install procedure will
    invalidate the VirtualPC kernel stuff so that I won't be able to use
    FC3 in VPC anymore...
    And I don't like to start over like I have had to do several times
    already just to get Linux going inside the VPC shell. So I am trying
    to avoid a self-destruct here.

    Anyone any ideas?
    And please forgive if the questions sound dumb, I am not used to Linux
    at all being a mainly Windows programmer...

    Bo Berglund 

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