>From what I understand, you don't have a proper dns setup. Check out >/etc/resolv.conf. resolv.conf:
search domain.com nameserver your_primary_dns_server_IP nameserver your_secondary_dns_server_IP If you want to install potato, make your /etc/apt/sources.list look like this: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/ unstable non-US/main or use any of the debian mirrors ... and you just need 7 floppies to install base system, apt-get/dselect does the rest. On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 09:52:01PM -0600, tf wrote: > howdy guys. > > I wanted to wait for potato, but I guess I'll have to buy a slink cd to get a > system installed. I can't apt-get anything. I can ftp > using the ip address, but not with the ftp:// or http:// (what'r those > called again? brain freeze). > > I'm sure it's somthing simple, but, until I get debian installed, I don't > have a computer, so any clues would be great. > > thanks > > > -tf > -- Marcin Kurc Indiana Institute of Technology System Administrator http://me.indtech.edu http://www.indtech.edu
