Re: PPP connection can't find servers

2001-01-26 Thread Jake Hoban
Thanks for the suggestion, but I've already got it working. John Hasler pointed out that I had a default gateway set up when I didn't need one. I removed it and bingo. Jake - Original Message - From: "Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian Users" Cc: &

Re: PPP connection can't find servers

2001-01-21 Thread Jake Hoban
Subject: Re: PPP connection can't find servers > Jake Hoban writes: > > I've got to the point where it dials my ISP to get to the FTP server, but > > it never connects to it and after a while the modem hangs up. > > Post copies of /etc/chatscripts/provider, /etc/ppp/p

PPP connection can't find servers

2001-01-21 Thread Jake Hoban
Apologies if this has been posted before - I've only just subscribed.   I'm in the process of a new debian installation via floppies and ppp. I'vegot to the point where it dials my ISP to get to the FTP server, but itnever connects to it and after a while the modem hangs up.I had this proble

Re: Problem installing Debian 2.2 from CD

2000-08-25 Thread Jake Hoban
This is the exact same problem I get when trying to install Debian 2.1 from floppy images. On "install operating system kernel and modules" the installer tells me it can't mount the boot floppy (although it has the floppy drive mounted as /dev/ram0, but it is looking for /dev/fd0 which it can't fin

problem with installation

2000-08-24 Thread Jake Hoban
Hi   I'm new to the list - I've joined to get some help with installation! I have an IBM Thinkpad 360 with 12 meg RAM and 340 meg HDD. It only has a floppy drive so I downloaded the floppy images (for slink). I booted the rescue floppy and got as far as partitioning the hard drive and mounti

need help with installation

2000-08-24 Thread Jake Hoban
Hi there I'm installing Debian 2.1 (slink) via floppies on an IBM Thinkpad 360 with 12 MB RAM and 340 MB HDD. I was able to partition the hard drive and mount filesystems without any problem (I chose /dev/hda1 mounted on /, /dev/hda2 swap partition and /dev/hda3 on /usr). When I get to instal