Looking for a distro that will deteck my internet...only had success with SuSe
Hi
in the past i have tried mandrake 9.2 and knoppix, both of these distros did not detect a connection to the internet....i disabled my onboard lan and only used my pci nic,vice versa, i have even tried on a router and still nothing.....both distros seemed to know the make/model of my nics but i cant get a connection going...i thought it was just the nameservers but nope it isnt. anyway, i have tried suse 9.1 personal...detects my internet no problem..im not sure why this is but i would like to find a different distribution that can do the same...maybe one that has development in mind(C++ compiler..suff like that) i did like mandrake alot and i wonder if the new 10.0 would be able to connect me to the internet no prob..... well..any sort of info regarding a different distro that should detect my internet easily, or why other distros dont do so...please reply it would be greatly appreciated. EDIT::forgot to say-my isp assigns me an ip address via dhcp my specs below: amd 2100+ 1.7ghz 896 mb ddr RAM geforce fx5200 256mb SYNTAX sv400 mainboard via rhine II onboard lan (currently disabled) realtek RTL8139 nic 14 gig hd and a 7.5 gig hd (yes, i know..its not alot) |
Re: Looking for a distro that will deteck my internet...only had success with SuSe
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AMISHFURNITURE? there's a store called Amish Furniture not too far from here. I guess Amish would like linux better than windows. Linux is more of a do it yourself kind of operating system. |
Re: Re: Looking for a distro that will deteck my internet...only had success with SuS
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if not please explain what you meant here :) |
if you want suse pro 9.1...
download the boot.iso from suse.
burn it boot from it but before doing that, search the forums, I just ran across some interesting instructions today. you can install pro 9.1 suse over the network. if you're paying for high speed internet access, youmight as well use it ;-) otherwise, google around for awhile and you'll find the iso images, in europe somewhere... also, novell did have a link where they would send you a 3 dvd set that included suse 9.1 pro. good luck, and keep us informed! |
well i just tried out a slackware live cd (SLAX) , i was able to goto google.com and logon to aim...which would mean that...my internet works on slax.
curently am dl'ing the latest slackware cds via bottorent (cd1 is going at 350k , cd2 going at 10k LOL) hoping for the best EVERYONE WHO READS THIS POST WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK FOREVER! :) |
Another one for good auto hardware / config is the gentoo livecd install. If you are not too horribly scared to do a little typing at the command prompt, it might be worth it, go for a Stage 3 Install and genkernel compile and wham, best distro on earth and a great learning experience
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