Dear friendsL:
I decided last night after reinstalling Linux to also reinstall Windows
and see what effect that has on our ADSL hub setup (in case this is a
flash
in the pan sort of thing). So I reinstalled all of Windows (what a pain!
I only installed about 20-25 programs, but I swear I must have rebooted
at least 30-40 times -- the Soyo motherboard itself required five
reboots, one after each driver). Everything went smoothly. And
WinPPPoet, the pppoe utility used by Earthlink, went off without a hitch
and right away (right after I configured it the way Earthlink explained
to me. Even though at this point there were TWO NIC cards in my
dual-boot Tiger computer, Windows, Networking, TCP/IP recognized only
ONE (both for adaptor and TCP-IP -- presumably the eth0). I typed in the
magic numbers (after first, of course, adding the necessary files from
Win98 and it's been working flawlessly ever since.
One little problem arose during the process: Apparently, I got my time
in Windows off by 24 years in the future (2025). Jean-Marc of IglooFTP
caught this error. I corrected the time in Windows and in Linux.
However, in Linuxconf, I keep getting an error message:
The following file had or still has a wrong (probably future) date to
it. It includes such files:
/etc/crontab
/etc/webmin/miniserv.conf
/etc/X11/fs/config
and a few others.
I tried to figure out how to correct them and clicked on Do IT to bring
the system back in harmony. I fist went into Linuxconf Miscellaneous
services (or is it Control). The time/date was correct but I accepted it
and "did it." I figured this would solve the problem, rebooted, but the
errors persist. I also looked at the files. I see nothing in them that
has a date, wrong or otherwise. I would like to correct these errors. I
hope this is a piece of cake. I am too exhausted from the double
installation of Linux and Windows to think clearly or want to even look
at it. Is this, may I ask, a simple configuration problem. Can you
suggest how I can solve this.
Otherwise, the installation and ADSL are working perfectly in both
Windows and Linux. Looking forward to finishing this ordeal soon as soon
as I (and you) get some sleep and rest.
Thanks as always.
Benjamin
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Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Benjamin and Anna Sher
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