From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   Moe Trin wrote:   
   > On Mon, 23 Jul 2012, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in   
   article   
   > , David W. Hodgins wrote:   
   >> Adam  wrote:   
   >>> I can't run a DNS until I can download the packages for it, and I   
   >>> need to use some existing DNS to do that. :-)   
   >   
   > The requisite packages aren't included?   
      
   Not for some of the distros.   
      
   > if all else fails,   
   > you can still point /etc/resolv.conf at the router.    It's not as if   
   > it's been taken over by the neighborhood sKr!pt kiddieZ.   ;-p   
      
   I didn't know I could do that, but it makes sense.   
      
   >> echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8">/etc/resolv.conf   
   >> should be enough to get dns working till the packages are installed.   
   >   
   > I'm quite happy not giving any extra info to those data harvesters TYVM.   
      
   That should also work with the IP of any DNS.  Of course, all this   
   depends on getting wireless networking running in the first place.   
      
   Adam   
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