Re: yet more net but no install...

1999-09-08 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Marcin Kurc wrote: [ snip ] : If you want to install potato, make your /etc/apt/sources.list look like this: : : deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free : deb http://non-us.debian.org/ unstable non-US/main : : or use any of the debian mirr

Re: yet more net but no install...

1999-09-08 Thread Kent West
tf wrote: > > howdy guys. > > I wanted to wait for potato, but I guess I'll have to buy a slink cd to get a > system installed. I can't apt-get anything. I can ftp > using the ip address, but not with the ftp:// or http:// (what'r those > called again? brain freeze). > > I'm sure it's somth

Re: yet more net but no install...

1999-09-08 Thread Marcin Kurc
>From what I understand, you don't have a proper dns setup. Check out >/etc/resolv.conf. resolv.conf: search domain.com nameserver your_primary_dns_server_IP nameserver your_secondary_dns_server_IP If you want to install potato, make your /etc/apt/sources.list look like this: deb http://http.u

Re: yet more net but no install...

1999-09-08 Thread Seth R Arnold
tf, do you get any error messages from apt-get ? Or, are you trying to install debian using a boot floppy and ftp? On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 09:52:01PM -0600, tf wrote: > howdy guys. > > I wanted to wait for potato, but I guess I'll have to buy a slink cd to get a > system installed. I can't apt

yet more net but no install...

1999-09-08 Thread tf
howdy guys. I wanted to wait for potato, but I guess I'll have to buy a slink cd to get a system installed. I can't apt-get anything. I can ftp using the ip address, but not with the ftp:// or http:// (what'r those called again? brain freeze). I'm sure it's somthing simple, but, until I g