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Re: SOLVED (-ish) easy way to install sid by ftp?



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On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:35:08PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 March 2004 20:54, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> > On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 08:33:43PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
> > > I think you are right.  It is just too much like hard work to start
> > > fiddling with modules at that point - especially if the networking
> > > disappears and you have to run up and down stairs to compare with a
> > > working installation with the help of handwritten notes.
> >
> > Not really.  Use lspci to find out what card you have, then start
> > easter egging among the ones that look right.  5 minutes, tops.
> 
> Trouble with us (relative) newbies is we don't know all the right commands.  

man -k is your friend.

> ANd when no network we can't even google to find out -- or ask Paul...

I'll take that as a compliment.  Thanks!

> Thanks.  I'll know next time -- if I haven't forgotten :-(

Break it down.  ls lists files, lsof lists open files, lspci lists the
PCI bus...


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