Hi Long time back I had tried Debian 2.0, then for many reasons I switched to Redhat and Last friday I thought of trying the Debian 2.2 potato(unofficial). So using rsync I downloaded the 1st of the 4 Binary CD images.
After installing the Debian on my system (actualy within a VMware virtual disk) I found that the network card wasn't configured. I couldn't find any network configuration utility for ethernet cards (I found pppconfig, xxx..config but no ethernetconfig). Also on checking the installation guide I found that there was no useful detail in the Networking->Ethernet section. All it says is "during installation itself one should have got the ethernet configured. However if one wants to get their hands wet then look at /etc/network/*, ....". Next I looked into /etc/network/interfaces and found entry for loopback. There was no manpage for interfaces. Next looking into the syntax for the loopback interface and also looking at the manpages for ifup(down) and some trail error I came up with the configuration required for eth0. This is fine for me but I think for the new linux users and also the desktop users this may be a hell lot of work and frustration (even I felt it when I couldn't get a proper documentation on the structure of interfaces file). So I request you to please update the Installation documentation for configuring ethernet devices & or provide a manpage for the interfaces file. NOTE: Please forgive me if this is already available as part of the remaining 3 CDs in the 4 CD binary set, because as of now I have only got the 1st of the CDs and am in the process of downloading the remaining 3. However I felt that the installation documentation should have been bit more elaborate rather than just telling that setup takes care of it and pointing to the files. ALSO If you all are busy with the release schedule for 2.2 then if possible and if you people don't mind I can try writing a small text file on seting the ethernet thing up in a debian system, which you people can correct for errors and update the Installation document or so. --------- Keep :-) HanishKVC http://HanishKVC.tripod.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
