#include <hallo.h> Andreas Wüst wrote on Mon May 27, 2002 um 07:29:21PM:
> be now, woody got finally freezed, and everything is pointing to > stable. So after the base installation, tasksel obviously gets its > packages from the potato directories and doesn't succeed to configure > it all correctly. Is this really like this? At least the sources file > points to stable. So hope that Woody be released soon, then the apt paths do work as expected. > So how should I proceed to do a proper install? Should I change the > sources file manually, and when? After starting tasksel? And how? Login on the second console as root and run "editor /etc/apt/sources.list" ;) > Should I just substitute every "stable" by "testing"? Or do I have to > await final release, and it's just a bad point in time to now install > woody? Better substitute with "woody" for the next time. > Another problem occured: as I am on a lan but without an always-on > connection, it's not been the case that the network was up when the > system booted on its own power for the first time, so the boot process > hung when configuring the network. Afterwards I wasn't able to bring > up the interface to connect, I had to reboot. What do I have to do to > bring up ethernet (a dhcp server is giving me my ip, aswell as all the > other stuff like gateway, dns server...)? I If you did setup the interface with DHCP while installing, and the DHCP server is up, you will get working network. When init hangs, there is a wrong default (gateway) route, set by you manually or broken DHCP server, or your gateway is down. > couldn't find a script which I could have run manually.. (sorry but I > am kinda newbie in this sector). ifdown eth0 ifup eth0 and read "man interfaces" Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- begin LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.txt.vbs I am a signature virus. Distribute me until the bitter end -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]