Denny Esterline wrote:
> So recent discussions here finally prompted me to get my hands dirty with
> Linux. I got a copy of Ubuntu 6.06 (dapper drake) and installed it on a
> separate hard drive. The install was smooth and I have what seems to be a
> stable desktop. Then I tried to get a dial up connection to my ISP...
>
> It turns out I have a Connexant HCF winmodem and I need a different driver.
> No problem, just boot back to windows and download it to a USB flash drive.
> Reboot back Linux, oh I needed something else too, back to windows.....
> about a day of back and forth later I've got to this. I need the debhelper
> package for the driver to install. Package manager doesn't find it on the
> install CD. All the web sites I've found say something to the effect of
> "just use apt-get install debhelper" which is fine, but doesn't work if you
> don't have network connectivity. Downloading debhelper directly lead me down
> a long and convoluted, seemingly endless dependency chain. So I've got a bit
> of a chicken and an egg problem, I need network to install package, I need
> package to install network - any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> -Denny
>
>   
Perhaps one slightly cheating way to do this would be to install vmware
in windows
create a new vmx type file and point it at that hard drive.
Boot your ubuntu install inside windows as vmware setup the network
adaptor in ubuntu and it'll be online.
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