Re: Ubuntu minimal install - internet connection problems.

Dear Brian

Thanks for your quick and practical reply. Just one question remains. See below.

2008/11/27 Brian McKee <brian.mckee@xxxxxxxxx>:
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Bas Roufs <basroufs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A third option would be to completely manually give in all the
relevant codes for the internet connection: DHCP, IP Adress, Subnet
Mask, etc. How can I discover such codes?

A cheap hack (since this is a one time thing) would be to boot the
knoppix disc (since it works) and note the IP address, subnet mask and
DNS information (from /etc/resolv.conf). Just mark that down, ....

This sounds clear and logic. I will give it a try accordingly.

... Then start the minimal install cd and tell it manual not DHCP and give it
all the info you collected from the knoppix disk.

Here comes my remaining question. It is crystal clear to me that I
need to manually give in the IP Address, subnet mask, DNS information,
etc. But do I also need to give in some DHCP code?
Thanks, Respectfully Yours,

Bas.



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