> Ah. What a crappy book. It was my first Debian book, and install, > too.
:-) Can you suggest a better book? it's nice to have a reference. > Try "dmesg | grep eth". Typically your first NIC on a PC will be called > "eth0". "dmesg" doesn't work. try something else, or is it something i need to install? thanks!!! -b On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 04:21:54PM -0500, urbanyon wrote: > > > > 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 > > Ah. What a crappy book. It was my first Debian book, and install, too. > Note: It is _not_ Debian 2.1. It's a modified copy of Slink, with some Potato > packages thrown in, and the kernel was modified by VA Linux Systems. > When I tried to enable networking, I got void pointer errors from the > Kernel and then it panicked. As soon as I got a stock Debian kernel all the > problems that I was having went away. I'd recommend you replace the kernel on > the CD ASAP. > > > 1. is there a program that i can use to set up a 'net connection using my > > NIC? > > Not really, but you don't really need one. If your NIC is recognized, you > can set yourself up with a static IP via ifconfig and route. If your ISP wants > you to use dhcp, use dhcpcd or pump. > > > 2. do i need to do anything to check that the NIC is, in fact, installed? > > Try "dmesg | grep eth". Typically your first NIC on a PC will be called > "eth0". > > > 3. i've been using apt-get - what should my sources.list file read? > > This'll do for potato. > > deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free > > You'd need a working connection of course. For the CD, just use > > deb file:/cdrom stable main contrib > > Mike > > -- > Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount > of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to UNIX > PGP Public Key: http://www.storm.ca/~msoulier/personal.html >
