On Tue, 2004-08-03 at 16:26, Dermot McGahon wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:35:08 +0100, Paul O'Malley <ompaul at eircom.net>
> wrote:
><snip>
> Good god. What a rigmarole.
>> What's wrong with typing netconfig, using the space bar to turn DHCP on,
> and pressing escape when you're done? Oh, and restart networking:
[root at dhcppc0 etc]# uname -a ; netconfig
Linux dhcppc0 2.6.3-7mdk #1 Wed Mar 17 15:56:42 CET 2004 i686 unknown
unknown GNU/Linux
bash: netconfig: command not found
This is a pretty standard install of Mandrake 10 and netconf was not
part of it, therefore I guided him through the most user-friendly
interface, possibly exposing him to some other configuration tools he'll
now use.
Cheers,
Paul
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