i just installed debian sarge 3.1 r0a and also got the x windows system running. but i have two problems .I am not able to connect to the internet and i am unable to view my windows drives in debian.Can any one tell me how to mount these drives and this is how i configured my net connection in windowsXp (mine is adsl2+ modem connected through ethernet card)

Start>Run>ncpa.cpl
Create new connection>next
connect to the internet>next
set up my connection manually>next
connect using a broadband connection that requires username and password(u r isp may refer to this as PPPoE<next
Ispname<XXXXX
username<YYYYY
password<ZZZZZ

this is how i connected to the net on windows xp plz tell me how to connect to the inter net in debian

hi friend,
Firstly, you have to figure which dialup modem you have, so that we can advise how to configure it. Unfortunately, a great deal of modern modems, known as 'winmodems', work poorly on linux, or not at all.
There are two resources on modems that you might want to be aware of:

- www.linmodems.org. Read the 'rationale' part, and run the scanmodem tool, a lot of info will come out of it.

- the hcl (hw compatibility list) from linuxquestions. This is www.linuxquestions.org/hcl. Maybe someone has already succeeded.

Regarding win drives, how are they connected to the machine and which filesystems do you have installed?

apt-cache show pppconfig