Re: /etc/resolve.conf
Hi,
I would like to thank you for your advise. You don't know how relieved I
am. Finally had a spare moment from the wife and I did as you told me and
it is downloading as I type. My windows machine was already set up for ICS.
Cheers Al
----- Original Message -----
From: Cameron Matheson <cmatheson3@yahoo.com>
To: Alan & Kerry Shrimpton <loverslane.poodles@ihug.co.nz>;
<debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: /etc/resolve.conf
> Hi,
>
> On Saturday 19 January 2002 02:17 pm, Alan & Kerry Shrimpton wrote:
> > My windows machine is connected to the Internet via dialup. My Linux
> > machine is on the network. It can dual boot windows or Linux. Using
> > dselect I have set up the access but when I do the update I get errors
like
> > Could not resolve, Failed to fetch etc etc.
> >
> > Can someone help? What do you need to know? I have read a lot of
Howto's.
> > One think I think is strange is I don't have /etc/resolve.conf
> > Is this normal?
>
> Hey, if you don't have a resolv.conf you'll need to make one. Just make
it
> look something like this:
>
> <resolv.conf>
> nameserver <DNS Nameserver #1>
> nameserver <DNS Nameserver #2>
> </resolv.conf>
>
> Where the nameserver's (you only need 1, you can add other ones optionally
> (if you have them). For the nameserver you should put your windoze box if
> it's set up to do that, or if it's not then set it as your isp's Primary
and
> Secondary DNS. You'll also need to set your gateway to your windows
computer
> by editing /etc/network/interfaces. Windows will need to be running
> something like ICS too...
>
> Cameron Matheson
>
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