apologies for the drama, i'm just at the end of my rope trying to install debian.
i am using a cdrom that came with the book 'learning debian gnu/linux' (oreilly). various packages that even the book tells i need are not on there. i figured i would try and connect to the internet, but i can't seem to get that to work either. i am connecting to the 'net via a dsl-type connection, using a netopia router. the network card in the potential debian machine is a 3com PCI card, model # 3CSOHO100-TX. the router lights up when i connect it to the card with a cable, and the NIC lights up as well (i realize that this means nothing, but i'm including it to show that the hardware is, in theory, working). here are my questions: 1. is there a program that i can use to set up a 'net connection using my NIC? 2. do i need to do anything to check that the NIC is, in fact, installed? 3. i've been using apt-get - what should my sources.list file read? THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!! -brett
