hmm, i just went to my router config site. my dhcp server is enabled.

my connection type is dynamic.


i am not worrying about pclinuxos,



i was checking around the system configuration and harddrive and hardwares. i have made a mistake in pointing out that my 2nd harddrive is 186 gigs ( not that it makes a big difference from 240). and my main harddrive is 40 gigs.

i have a 512 MB RAM, so ya sry if i didnt give this information.

my only main concern is that, since LIVE CD like you said should have the internet working automatically, and that i have to manually configure in my livecd to make it work, so

how do i do that?

also, my other concern is, if it safe for me to backup my datas into the 2nd harddrive, will that not be affected during the partion? i dont have much in my 2nd harddrive..i could delete it ..its all movies..i dont need it and i can easily store my data into a dvd-r or usb.

thanx for helping me along brendon. i hope we can work this out!

oh ya i also want to use the vmware server on ubunto os

oh ya again..lol..just want let you know that my main harddrive (40 gig) is a FAT32.

im so sry if i havent give out that much details!

I dont know about that

yes, i have figured out most of things now.

only thing i am trying to figure out is the internet connection on my desktop.

see i have a router and wired ethernet card so that my dsl and cable modem are connected to cable box and router.

since people said that when u put in the livecd, the internet should be connected automatically, mine doesn't. so i am trying to figure this one out.

that's what i am trying to figure out. Most of the stuff i got it. but the internet is what keeping me from installing the distro.

can anyone help me out? my DHCP is enabled and my IP is dynamic.

thanx!

I dont know about that

hmm i opened the terminal on ubuntu LIVECD.

it came out like this :

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig eth0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Permission denied

i dont get it??

the $ sign show that u r normal user.. that didn't have such rights

ok so how do i get the right?

can you help me out? i want to configure my internet connection so i can connect to internet on my livecd since i am trying out.

please help me thanx!

Try,

i just did it

it came out :

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo ifconfig eth0 up
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$



so what now? can you give me the whole command line if possible?

hey tux...can you get on yahoo? can we talk over this in yahoo? im online btw..

You are returned to the command line means the command executed successfully. Try sudo ifconfig. It will show you information about your internet connection. Look for inet addr, next to it will be your ip address.

Open up your browser and try to visit a website or try to ping a website.
Tux,

ok i tried "sudo ifconfig" and it shows me the information.

i saw my ip address..

then i typed in this :

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ping -c 3 www.yahoo.com
ping: unknown host www.yahoo.com

so i opened the browser and went to www.google.com

and it says "server not found"

what should i do now?

Post output of the following commands, nobody can help you if we can't see what you are doing.

whoa man..i typed in those command...there's bunch of infos!!!


you sure u want to type all that in here?????


just tell me what u need to know exactly..since i am on my laptop and my livecd is on desktop..


i typed this command :

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci -v
02:09.0 Ethernet controller: Lite-ON Communications Inc LNE100TX [Linksys EtherFast 10/100]

Subsystem : Asante Technologies, Inc. Unknown device f001
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium, latency 64, IRQ 185
I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
Memory at ff7efc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Expansion ROM at 30000000 [disabled] [size=256K]
Capabilities: <access denied>


so ya...

blah this is gay..i'll just ask my friend's husband...so much for trying ..lol

thanx anyway guys..

I dont know about that