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scotti

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Registered: 2008-02-26

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[SOLVED] FTP install (in MS Virtual PC 2007)

Hi all,

I'm new to Archlinux, coming from Debian and Ubuntu distros.

I'm attempting to install Archlinux in an MS Virtual PC 2007 VM at my work. Everything seems to have gone fine so far until I get to select my packages. It says on any server I choose, "Error fetching package list from server". The first step "Configure Network" seemed to go fine, using DHCP. I moved to another console (Alt-F4) and checked my rc.conf settings. Under "Networking" I have:

lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo !eth0)

When I try the command ifconfig it shows all my networking info, which looks fine to me. When I ping google.com it returns, "ping: unknown host google.com" which would mean my network isn't working. I tried restarting the networking daemon with "/etc/rc.d/network restart" and it didn't help.

I wonder if it's because it's in a VM? Or should I not do the FTP install? Or is there something missing in my rc.conf?

Thanks.

Last edited by scotti (2008-02-27 14:40:32)

kumico

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Registered: 2007-09-28

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Re: [SOLVED] FTP install (in MS Virtual PC 2007)

i think the issue is that the eth0 interface is blocked::
INTERFACES=(lo !eth0) => INTERFACES=(lo eth0); without the '!'

scotti

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Registered: 2008-02-26

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Re: [SOLVED] FTP install (in MS Virtual PC 2007)

I just removed the ! and then restarted the network daemon. Ping still shows the same message.

kumico

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Re: [SOLVED] FTP install (in MS Virtual PC 2007)

dns issues maybe?
can you ping the router via t's ip address?
what's in rc.conf

scotti

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Re: [SOLVED] FTP install (in MS Virtual PC 2007)

Hmm, I'm not sure about DNS.

I can ping the rounter fine.

I setup a "static ip" entry in rc.conf. So my config looks like:

lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="eth0 192.168.1.116 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)

gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
ROUTES=(gateway)

I made sure 192.168.1.116 wasn't already being used by pinging it on my host computer.

Restarting the network daemon and pinging google.com still results with packet loss. I wonder if it's something to do with my works network configuration. I'll try this again when I get home.

scotti

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Registered: 2008-02-26

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Re: [SOLVED] FTP install (in MS Virtual PC 2007)

I guess it must have been something to do with my work's network setup. I'm at home and the install is going well, network is working great, etc. :-)

scotti

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Re: [SOLVED] FTP install (in MS Virtual PC 2007)

Ok I feel a bit foolish. It was neither the network setup here at my work or anything to do with Arch. When using MS Virtual PC 2007 you need to specify NAT for networking instead of the controller on the host machine. Not a good way to start out in a new community I'm afraid.

I'll update the title of this thread appropriately.