[vox-tech] home server

[Brian Lavender]

On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 06:56:24PM -0700, netuser at ainet.com wrote:
>    I have just installed Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit server edition. There are no
>    programs installed. (10 Prob USB support).
> 
>    I cannot update, etc since I cannot get online. Apt-get, aptitude,
>    synaptic, etc don't work since no programs installed (screen shows 0
>    programs installed). Tasksel, sudo, etc tried. I need to get online.
> 
> 
>    This is a sample of data from server guide and online research.
> 
> 
>    It has been suggested in this data that I add lines in
>    /etc/network/interfaces:
> 
> 
>                Auto eth0
> 
>                Iface eth0 inet dhcp

If your cable is plugged in and you have a dhcp server on the network, just
do te following as root.

# dhclient eth0

brian
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