On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 09:51:54AM -0500, Ralph Winslow wrote:

> I've had to rebuild my system which I've done by installing rain from
> CD, and I'm now running apt-get after having changed rain to hail and
> slink to potato in /etc/apt/sources.list.  I'm stuck at this point:
> 
> root@rjw# apt-get -f install
>...
> Preparing to replace netbase 3.11-1.2 (using .../netbase_3.18-4_i386.deb) ...
> mkdir: `/etc/network' exists but is not a directory
> 
> But I seem to be stymied.  Can anyone suggest a solution?  I'm reluctant
> to halt ppp with the system in it's current state, lest I lose conntact
> permanently.

I think this is a simple known problem.  If so, the solution is to run:

        mv /etc/network /etc/networks

To move what was supposed to actually be called "networks" out of the way
for the new "network" directory, where all of the network settings are
now stored.

Simon-

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