Hi John, > I have been trying to set-up a PC here at work without connecting to > the > NET( Boss won't let me :< ). After trying to copy the files from a > Windows > PC via a null-modem cable, I found I didn't have enough room on the > hard > drive for ALL the debian packages. I've decided to 'borrow' an IP > address > from another PC and can now ping IP addresses from the net, but I > can't get > access to a DSN because I'm not supposed to be connected to the net. > Strange. You really mean DNS, right? Name resolution doesn't work? All you have to do is to copy the DNS give on the Windows PC that you disconnected to /etc/resolv.conf. Say if it's 192.168.1.1, make that file contain a line
nameserver 192.168.1.1 This will tell your box the address of the dns server. If you have several servers, add more nameserver lines. Then make sure /etc/host.conf contains the line order bind,hosts so that your box actually uses the DNS servers. If your nameservers don't resolve addresses from the net, then you could just add IP addresses and names to /etc/hosts, for example 130.207.7.21 ftp.debian.org HTH, Thomas
