On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Larry Panzer wrote: > Dear Debian (Linux) users, > > I installed Hamm today from my Win 95 partiton (hda1) onto my Linux > partitions (hda2 /, and hda3 /usr, hda4 swap). I beleved that I set-up PPP > correctly, following the procedure to not configure a network hook-up in > the initial install and then followed the PPP setup utility once it > rebooted (using the custom boot disk because I kept the DOS/Win95 boot > sector). I selected no PAP or CHAP (my ISP says they don't use them) and > setup my modem correctly typed in my username and password. Said yup > everything looks okay. It started dialing to my surprise (hey this is > better than win95) but it said it couldn't find ftp.debian.org (the ftp > site that I told it to goto in dselect). I then tried using ping to see if > I could ping my name server (the only decimal-quad string I knew) and no > packets got through. I then realized that I never had to input the address > of the nameserver or my provider (excel.net). I decided to try a reinstall > (it only took me 15 min) and setup PPP with PAP the default choice (maybe > my ISP tech help was wrong?) but it still didn't work. Can anyone help me > with this delema, what set-up do I have to do? I am hoping to install Hamm > completely by FTP (perferibly without copying all the .deb files to my > win95 partition). Thanks for any help you can give me.
You need to create a /etc/resolv.conf file with one or more lines like (replace the xxx with your nameserver's ip address): nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx You don't need to reinstall anything. If you need to reconfigure ppp, use pppconfig (as root). Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
