When on Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Simon Kirby wrote, I replied:
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Simon! A plethora of thanks.
I should have found this myself, but your assistance is deeply appreciated.
I wonder why the installation script doesn't already handle this, though.
> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 08:49:34 -0800
> From: Simon Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [SLU] rain -> hail
>
> 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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