Re: apt-getting from behind a proxy

2000-10-10 Thread Jamil Geor


Hi,
 All you need to do is set the http_proxy variable to your proxy server e.g.
#http_proxy=http://10.0.18.23:8080
#export http_proxy

Jamil
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Re: network configuration - after install

2000-10-10 Thread Jamil Geor
Hi,
You could just use modconf to install the network card module that
you need.

Jamil

On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Hugo van der Merwe wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am doing another debian install, and was uncertain about the network
> card type. I decided to skip that part of the install, hoping to find an
> easy way to do it after the basic system is up and running. On a laptop,
> pcnetconfig does this job. Is there an easy way to get the networking
> configured after a base install? (I'm considering going through the
> installation menu again.)
> 
> Thanks,
> Hugo van der Merwe
> 
> ps. Is /dev/cdrom created when the module is loaded, or some other time
> by some other script?
> 
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