thanks and ftp to debian archive?Re: [oclug] help editing /etc/init.d/network

[Peter Timusk]

thanks Brian I am considering this.

  I was trying to use dselect which I think uses apt. It also looks for 
dependencies and conflicts.

  I lost my net connection yesterday and need to debug that when I have 
time,

  but another work week has rolled along so I am not sure how much time 
I will spend on this this week.


On Apr 13, 2004, at 10:20 AM, Brian Barber wrote:

> Rather than using FTP to download packages, why not use apt-get?  In 
> fact, you may want to look into using apt to update your system.
>
> apt-get install [packagename] (installs individual packages)
>
> apt-get update && apt-get upgrade (updates all packages on system to 
> latest versions for your particular version of Debian)
>
> apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade (upgrades your version of 
> Debian to the lastest version of Debian)
>
> Use the last two commands judiciously (especially the last one) on 
> your older laptop.
>
> Cheers,
> BB
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Timusk <ptimusk at sympatico.ca>
> To: General Membership Discussion List <oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca>
> Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 11:11:42 -0400
> Subject: thanks and ftp to debian archive?Re: [oclug] help editing 
> /etc/init.d/network
>
> Thanks Milan I seem to have it connected now. The message 'connection
> refused' from the freenet IP address using telenet was a welcome sign.
>
> Now... I seem to be a newbie at using ftp on the command line. I can
> generally do this after a few tries on my eMac. I have done it on my
> fedora machine. Rather than just tell me the command does some one know
> a good web page for ftp commands that I can study and bookmark.
>
> I am trying to go here and download files
>
> ftp://ftp.egr.msu.edu/debian-archive/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/
>
> I get the error message 'unknown host'. I think i need some like this
> ftp ftp://ftp.egr.msu.edu/debian-archive/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/
>
> but am not quite sure
>
> oh and happy easter linux people
>
>
> On Apr 11, 2004, at 9:51 AM, Milan Budimirovic wrote:
>
>>
>> As for your network settings, try:
>>
>> Network address:    192.168.0.0
>> Netmask:                  255.255.255.0
>> Gateway:                   192.168.0.1
>> DNS:  (obtain from your ISP)
>> "Yes" to ethernet, "no" to PCMCIA, unless it's a laptop.
>>
>> If you are using a DSL router, you can get the DNS settings from the
>> web interface, as that is usually provided automatically through
>> PPPoe.
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>>
> Peter Timusk, B.Math, just trying to stay linear.
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