Hi There,
I had to reinstall Debian from my cd-rom.
In the earlier install (from the same cd-rom), I could connect to the Internet through
my Windows XP laptop with no problem. They are connected by a Cat5
Crossover cable between their Ethernet cards. Now, after the reinstall, I
cannot connect to the outside world from my Debian system. I pinged each
system from the other and the Ethernet connection is good. I tried to use
apt-get update and the error message said that apt could not resolve the name
of the destination computer to get the updates. I connected to the
destination computer with the laptop easily so it is there and running.
I ran apt-setup as root and it did not
work. I get through the connection type (using http), the mirror country
(US), get to the mirror selection (cudlug.cudenver.edu or debian.uchicago.edu),
get to the proxy screen (leave blank like I used to do), and the next page has
an error that says “Failed to fetch” then a paragraph that I do not
understand (I’m still a newbie) but the final line says that “some
index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used
instead.”
I ran the Home/Small Office Network Wizard on
Windows like I did the first time, but this time it made no difference.
Obviously, I did something seriously wrong
during the install that I cannot seem to fix. Do any of you have ideas as
to what I can do to fix this connection? Any assistance you can give me
will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Take care,
Ed
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