Re: Internet connection test fails on PowerBookG3

2003-03-14 Thread befu
Hi dylan and Clive, Thanks for your advise. But I think I am not far from a solution, as my internet connection can be established already, the only thing "hanging" is the final connection to the specific mirror folder during running of base-config. Referring to the mentioned link, I want to do e

Re: Internet connection test fails on PowerBookG3

2003-03-14 Thread dylan
why not download one of the base-system iso's here: http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ then boot the machine into macos, run bootx with the kernel and ramdisk images from the cd or the debian ftp site. that seems to best the easiest way to install on an old-world machine... dylan on 03.3.14 3:12

Re: Internet connection test fails on PowerBookG3

2003-03-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On Friday, March 14, 2003, at 07:27 am, Bernd wrote: Can anybody tell my what I am doing wrong? Shall I replace the kernel to v. 2.4.20? I can't do it until I have a working internet connection. I found that the 2.4 kernel series solved a lot of problems for me. Could you not redo the i

Internet connection test fails on PowerBookG3

2003-03-14 Thread Bernd
Trying to get my newly installed Debian to connect to the internet fails every time. I installed kernel v.2.2.20 over floppies on my Wallstreet without any bigger problems. Running base-config should make a connection test to one of the many Debian archive mirrors, but the connection attempt answer