I am a new newbie and only just got my network to work. I had to add the /etc/resolve.conf
Cheers Al ----- Original Message ----- From: Jason Majors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 8:28 AM Subject: Re: ...and then add a nic > > I have another question about installations. If you install Debian > > with a network card, a number of files/settings are presumably > > createds. > Yup. > > > > If you install it with out a nic, I assume that these network specific > > files and settings are not created. If a nic is subsequently added, > > then what files are needed to be added by hand to make the machine > > network ready *apart* from the module for the card itself? > Nope. They're still created. > You need to load your ethernet module (add it to /etc/modules or use > modprobe by hand), then you need to add a section to /etc/network/interfaces > for the new interface, then you run 'ifup <interface>', or > '/etc/init.d/networking [re]start' > > see 'man interfaces' for more about the interfaces file layout. > > > > Keith > > -- > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Keith O'Connell > > Maidstone, Kent (UK) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
