Hi, I would like to thank you for your advise. You don't know how relieved I am. Finally had a spare moment from the wife and I did as you told me and it is downloading as I type. My windows machine was already set up for ICS.
Cheers Al ----- Original Message ----- From: Cameron Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Alan & Kerry Shrimpton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 10:38 AM Subject: Re: /etc/resolve.conf > Hi, > > On Saturday 19 January 2002 02:17 pm, Alan & Kerry Shrimpton wrote: > > My windows machine is connected to the Internet via dialup. My Linux > > machine is on the network. It can dual boot windows or Linux. Using > > dselect I have set up the access but when I do the update I get errors like > > Could not resolve, Failed to fetch etc etc. > > > > Can someone help? What do you need to know? I have read a lot of Howto's. > > One think I think is strange is I don't have /etc/resolve.conf > > Is this normal? > > Hey, if you don't have a resolv.conf you'll need to make one. Just make it > look something like this: > > <resolv.conf> > nameserver <DNS Nameserver #1> > nameserver <DNS Nameserver #2> > </resolv.conf> > > Where the nameserver's (you only need 1, you can add other ones optionally > (if you have them). For the nameserver you should put your windoze box if > it's set up to do that, or if it's not then set it as your isp's Primary and > Secondary DNS. You'll also need to set your gateway to your windows computer > by editing /etc/network/interfaces. Windows will need to be running > something like ICS too... > > Cameron Matheson > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
