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
