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> From: bss@iguanasuicide.net > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Upgrade to Lenny? > Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:03:59 -0600 > > In <[🔎] SNT125-W520C423B872FB71E60D473DB3E0@phx.gbl>, Hadi Motamedi wrote: > >I upgraded my > > Debian box from Sarge to Lenny . > > Did you read the Release Notes? If not, you should. > > Also note that going directly from Sarge to Lenny isn't really supported -- it > may or may not have worked completely. You should have done an intermediate > upgrade to Etch. > > > It is now running version 5.0.4 . But > > surprisingly I cannot connect it to Internet , as I did previously . I am > > trying as the followings : > > > >#ifconfig eth0 ip-address netmask netmask-bits up > > > >#route add default gw gw-address > > > >#vi /etc/resolv.conf > > > &g t;domain domain-name > > > >nameserver dns-server > > > >I did it repeatedly when I was on my Sarge and it always got true . By I am > > trying for the same procedure on my new Lenny and it does not get through . > > Can you please let me know why ? > > Can you ping the gw-address? Can you ping the dns-server? > > Is eth0 the correct device? The output of (/sbin/ifconfig -a) might help us > determine that. > > You should be using /etc/network/interfaces to configure your network. Then, > you can use ifup and ifdown or even have the device automatically started as > boot time. See (man 5 interfaces) for information about the file. > -- > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. > bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) > ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' > http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/ Thank you . According to the Debian page , the current network installation iso image is 'debian-504-i386-netinst.iso' that I have tried with . I tried to define my netwirk settings according to your comment , i.e. defining them inside /etc/network/interfaces . But still the gw-address cannot be PING , nor the dns . Can you please give me a hint on this ? Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. |