> I now have the basic Linux OS but cannot use ftp to access the Debian site > to carry on. A huge pile of floppies is not very attractive as an > alternative ... but if that is the only way then I will have Debian that > way !!! > > BTW, I also notice that the "man" command does not work on my system. Do I > need to manually unzip some packages/programmes? you have to install the manpages and groff packages.. > > My main problem is the use of ftp. Have I missed something obvious/obscure > in the setup procedure or is there some manual configuration required ? > > After selecting update by ftp through dselect, the dialog is : > > Using FTP to check directories ... (stop with ^C) > > Connectingto ftp.debian.org... > Net::FTP:Bad hostname 'ftp.debian.org' at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line > 405 > FTP ERROR > > query/setupscript returned error exit status 1 > Press RETURN to continue did you establish a connection to your internet provider via pppd? (thats if you use ppp, and not ethernet or something else). If you did, try connecting to (or pinging) other known hostnames and see if they work..
Attachment:
pgpXIUwxswqeq.pgp
Description: PGP signature