On Sat, Jan 02, 2016 at 09:12:04PM +1100, David Zuccaro wrote:
> I don't have an eth0 interface.
do you have an /etc/network/interfaces file?
if not, and you have a dhcp server (e.g. on your modem), try making one like
this:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
and then run 'ifup -a'
if that doesn't work, you probably need the appropriate firmware for your NIC.
> >depending on your network chipset, you may also need non-free firmware
> >packages installed, e.g. most realtek NICs need the firmware-realtek package
> apt was unable to locate firmware-realtek or pppoe
pppoe should be on the install CD/DVD
firmware-realtek won't be because it's non-free and there's no non-free
stuff on the debian installer (which can make netinst a PITA if you
don't know how to make a custom netinst with appropriate firmware).
If you're posting here, you obviously have another machine with working
net access - you'll have to download it manually from a debian mirror
and transfer it via a USB stick or something, then install with dpkg.
Are you sure you have a realtek nic? (run 'lspci | grep -i net'). If
so, I can email a copy of it to you - the latest version (from sid)
firmware-realtek_20151207-1_all.deb is 300KB.
> Is there a test package I could install off the cd to make sure that part is
> working?
what happens when you run 'apt-get update' after configuring your
sources.list to use the CD?
it should read in the Packages files from the CD. if you still have
network urls uncommented, it'll also try to download Packages lists from
the net which will take ages for them to time out (so comment them out
temporarily until you get networking back up)
> >i'm not going to sign up for an account with them
> Do you need to?
i presume so, your URL redirects to a login page.
craig
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