Re: Almost there. . .HELP

1998-08-19 Thread Ed Cogburn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I was able to ping 130.207.7.21 as ftp.debian.org but when I run dselect, > choose ftp access enter 130.207.7.21 as address, select anonymous login, > the default directories and no proxies, I get the following: > > Using FTP to check directories. . .(stop with C) >

RE: Almost there. . .HELP

1998-08-17 Thread Frederic Breitwieser
>Checking dists/stable/main/binary-i386. . .FTP ERROR - Can't call method Hey John. I just FTP'd to the server, and while I got in, and you have the directories correct, I will say the server is agonizingly slow. Of course, this results in many more debian users :) Frederic Breitwieser Bridgep

RE: Almost there. . .HELP

1998-08-17 Thread John_Gay
I was able to ping 130.207.7.21 as ftp.debian.org but when I run dselect, choose ftp access enter 130.207.7.21 as address, select anonymous login, the default directories and no proxies, I get the following: Using FTP to check directories. . .(stop with C) Connecting to 130.207.7.21. . . Login as

RE: Almost there. . .HELP

1998-08-13 Thread Midgley John
John You've probably had loads of people reply to this, but better two than none. If you have access to a win95 machine that works on the net (ie can 'ping www.digital.com' and can therefore resolve names) try Start>Run>winipcfg. Click the 'Advanced' button and it'll tell you the address of your n

RE: Almost there. . .HELP

1998-08-13 Thread John_Gay
I'm not sure what type of firewall we have but, I was able to re login to the IP address and execute the commands after I wrote the last E-Mail. I assume I would just need to run dselect, choose ftp for access mode, enter the IP address and then just accept the defaults for everything else. Is this

RE: Almost there. . .HELP

1998-08-13 Thread jeff . hurst
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On 13-Aug-98 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > John sends: > > As you can see, I'm NOT very NET literate. Work uses WindowsNT and most of > the info is restricted to Administrator access, which I don't have. I > should be able to use the IP address you have given me t

RE: Almost there. . .HELP

1998-08-13 Thread John_Gay
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/08/98 21:10:39 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org cc: John Gay/IE/3Com Subject: RE: Almost there. . .HELP Hi John, > I have been trying to set-up a PC here at work without connecting to > the > NET( Boss won't let me :< ). After trying to copy

Re: Almost there. . .HELP

1998-08-13 Thread jeff . hurst
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On 13-Aug-98 Helge Hafting wrote: > The nslookup command is available on most machines and > os'es that connect to the internet. It could be > missing on dos/windows though. Just to add a bit of help, I've found that on a dos/windows machine, the easiest way

Re: Almost there. . .HELP

1998-08-13 Thread Helge Hafting
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 08/12/98 at 09:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Not using the nameservers isn't hard - you simply type IP addresses instead of names. Instead of www.debian.org you type 209.81.8.242 for example. This works with ftp and lots of other software. The problem is of cour

RE: Almost there. . .HELP

1998-08-12 Thread TBaetzle
Hi John, > I have been trying to set-up a PC here at work without connecting to > the > NET( Boss won't let me :< ). After trying to copy the files from a > Windows > PC via a null-modem cable, I found I didn't have enough room on the > hard > drive for ALL the debian packages. I've decided to 'bo