Hi, The reason why I haven't set my Linux box to connect to the Internet is because I have a winmodem in the windows machine. I am only tinkering around with Linux but if successful, "move over windows". My next modem is a Linux modem.
Thanks for the advise. Cheers Al ----- Original Message ----- From: ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 11:10 AM Subject: Re: /etc/resolve.conf > On Saturday 19 January 2002 01:17 pm, Alan & Kerry Shrimpton wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am a real newbie and just joined this list. I decided to try Debian > > 2.2.19 but finding it a bit hard to configure everything. When I first > > installed it, no cards were detected. Since then I have been able to load > > modules to get my sound card to work but can't seem to get my network > > running. > > > > I have tried the newsgroups with a little success but now I need a real > > Debian expert. > > > > I have modified my /etc/modules file and added the module tulip. > > With this I can ping both machines. My Linux machine will ping my windows > > machine and vice versa. > > > > That's it. What I want to achieve is to get my packages direct from the > > Internet. Currently I have to download them on my windows machine, copy > > them to my cd and install using dpkg -i. Long term would be to get rid of > > windows but that is a long way aways. > > > > 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? > > > > unless there's a totally compelling need to keep the "win-don't" box hooked > to the internet, you're life would be a lot easier if you used the linux box > to dialup. > > in that case, for /etc/resolv.conf, you create the file in the form: > > search <your isp's domain name> > nameserver <your isp's dns server in numerical ip form> > nameserver <any additional dns server at your isp> > > ben > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
