So. The solution could be for you to go get a router and allow the router to maintain the connection to the internet and boot into whatever OS You want with out a problem
Kenneth Spress [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered user #252546 with the Linux Counter Get Your Box Counted http://counter.li.org Mandrake 8.2 AMD Duron 700 384 Megs Ram @ 100 Mhz 20 Gig Maxtor ATA 100 2.5 Gig Western Digital Caviar GForce 2 MX 32 Meg AGP ECS K7S5A SIS 900 Lan & SB 128 PCI Sound Imation 12x10x32 Dual Boot Windows 98SE & Mandrake 8.2 Kernel 2.4.1.15-6 Listen to us every Sunday at 11:00 am EST at: http://www.alternacast.com EZHelp, You & More Show Info http://learn.at/ezhelp http://www.kenspress.net AIM: keniswhoiam Yahoo: kspress MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 19870108 ----- Original Message ----- From: "b w" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 11:20 PM Subject: [newbie] lost network connection > OK, a newbie problem. > > I installed Mandrake 8.2 Thursday night. Was able to connect to the internet > with my Cisco uBR900 cable model (through Adelphia), but only after some > fiddling with the Mandrake Command Center (it didn't work immediately after > installation). > > Today, I was using MandrakeUpdate to download updates. Was able to download > many of the "important ones" (security and bugfixes). After they were > downloaded, I rebooted my machine (Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop with 196 RAM > and 500Mhz). At that point, I lost my internet connection (the number 1 > light on the cable modem wouldn't even glow, and no lights flickered on my > network adapter); no amount of fiddling would get me a connection through > the Mandrake Command Center. > > Yet when I reboot and launch Win2K, the number 1 light glows, and I get an > internet connection... reboot and go linux, the light goes out and no > connection. > > BTW, when I reboot in linux, I get a couple of error messages: the ext2fs > file is "out of date"... httpd-perl and httpd fail to launch. > > Also: I'm running a Xircom CardBus Ethernet 10 56K modem (if that helps). > > Am I missing something here? > > ANY help would be GREATLY appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > > bw > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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