On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 07:45:10AM -0700, Kurt Lieber wrote: > "Running Linux" for instance, tells you that to configure your TCP/IP > address, you should modify the /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 file. At least on my > Debian box, that's completely wrong - I don't even have an rc.d > directory, let alone an rc.inet1 file. (the file you want, BTW, is > /etc/network/interfaces)
That's because the authors have based it on the oldest distribution - Slackware Linux, which has a BSD-style init system unlike Debian and all the others which follow the System V init system. > That said, both books were essential in my ability to get two Debian > boxes up and running, so they do provide some value. Just understand > that you'll have to take the concepts they give you and then go dig up > the real command/file/location in the online Debian documentation. For a raw newbie, Bill McCarty's book is still pretty good even though it was written for Slink. And then there's tons of documentation on the Net plus a very active user community. Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com
