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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 23:07:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Joey Garcia <jbgarcia@inreach.com>
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Subject: Re: PPP: I give up! (No host found messages)
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On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Joey Garcia wrote:

> 	Okay, I've read the fAQ and I've read the Handbook.  Actually, I
> used the handbook to help set up ppp.  I followed the instructions.  I
> edited the ppp.conf file as it said I should (I think).  I edited the
> hosts file as I should (I think).  I edited other files as I should (I
> think).  Mind you I followed the instructions in the handbook for
> dynamic ip.  Now it seems as thought it dials, starts communicating and
> then in a short time it hangs up.  Only once had I had connection long
> enough to telnet successfully into ea.uci.edu then it closed.  Once I
> had 9% of Lynx downloaded untill the connection was closed.  Now all I
> get is HOST NOT FOUND or UKNOWN HOST or some sort of message like that. 
> I just want to simply dial in a ppp connection to Inreach and run sum
> internet software. 

Have you tried doing it manually by typing `term' at the ppp> prompt?

After you get disconnected try typing `show log' at the ppp> prompt, it
may give some hints.

>  Maybe I screwed up by naming my computer
> mustang.ford.com (I love Mustangs <G>).  I wish I could show you exactly
> what I have in the files but I can't even mount my dos partition
> /dev/wd0s1 (I think).  I tells me something about Super Block (?). 
> Anyways, can someone give me a clue to how to do the ppp stuff? Maybe
> some example of how to connect to an isp or something.  Please.  Thanks. 

:)

For your dos partition, do

mount -t msdos /dev/wd0s1 /mnt

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