Tyr-7BE
02-27-2001, 04:53 AM
Alright...I'm no total newbie, but I'm brand spanking new to Debian as of a few hours ago. I'm writing this post from within Windork, so that should give you an idea of how successful I was.
I downloaded the installer and got it right the second time. I can log in and poke around my "standalone" system. The problem is my internet connection. I'm using ADSL, so I need some sort of PPPoE daemon. I booted into Windork and I downloaded roaring penguin, but I can't compile it from source because I have no gcc, and I can't install RPM for the same reason. I checked out debian's ftp, and I found a pppoe_1.01-orSomeSuchSilliness.deb. It makes sense that if I could get apt-get or dselect to install this package, it would be smooth sailing from there on in. Is there a way to add a local directory in your apt sources file? I tried putting the pppoe on a floppy and getting dselect to find packages on a floppy, but still no dice. Dselect refuses to believe that the floppy I insert is of the filesystem ext2.
One other thing. Using miscellaneous drivers from around the 'net, I've ALMOST got my pppoe working. Here's what happens. I type "start-pppoe" (the start script), and the lights on my ADSL "modem" blink, showing activity. The file (something like ppp0.blah under /var/something?) that shows that pppoe is active (the same file that pppoe-stop tries to kill) appears in the proper directory. However, the moment I try to ping something or do anything even remotely net-related, that file disappears and it's as if I never started pppoe. I've tested my NIC, and it's using the correct module and I can ping the loopback (127.0.0.1), but as soon as I try to ping anything other than the loopback, it gives me a "network unreachable" message.
Overall goal: Get Tyr's debian on the net so he can apt-get. If anyone can give me a method following case A of the .deb file or case B of the collection of drivers that gets me online, I would be very appreciative. I can still use Windork to download anything and then mount the vfat partition to get access to it, so access to software isn't an issue. Thanks a lot whoever can help and sorry for the long post :)
[ 27 February 2001: Message edited by: Tyr-7BE ]
I downloaded the installer and got it right the second time. I can log in and poke around my "standalone" system. The problem is my internet connection. I'm using ADSL, so I need some sort of PPPoE daemon. I booted into Windork and I downloaded roaring penguin, but I can't compile it from source because I have no gcc, and I can't install RPM for the same reason. I checked out debian's ftp, and I found a pppoe_1.01-orSomeSuchSilliness.deb. It makes sense that if I could get apt-get or dselect to install this package, it would be smooth sailing from there on in. Is there a way to add a local directory in your apt sources file? I tried putting the pppoe on a floppy and getting dselect to find packages on a floppy, but still no dice. Dselect refuses to believe that the floppy I insert is of the filesystem ext2.
One other thing. Using miscellaneous drivers from around the 'net, I've ALMOST got my pppoe working. Here's what happens. I type "start-pppoe" (the start script), and the lights on my ADSL "modem" blink, showing activity. The file (something like ppp0.blah under /var/something?) that shows that pppoe is active (the same file that pppoe-stop tries to kill) appears in the proper directory. However, the moment I try to ping something or do anything even remotely net-related, that file disappears and it's as if I never started pppoe. I've tested my NIC, and it's using the correct module and I can ping the loopback (127.0.0.1), but as soon as I try to ping anything other than the loopback, it gives me a "network unreachable" message.
Overall goal: Get Tyr's debian on the net so he can apt-get. If anyone can give me a method following case A of the .deb file or case B of the collection of drivers that gets me online, I would be very appreciative. I can still use Windork to download anything and then mount the vfat partition to get access to it, so access to software isn't an issue. Thanks a lot whoever can help and sorry for the long post :)
[ 27 February 2001: Message edited by: Tyr-7BE ]