[Wart] Setting up network to access Internet - Newbie - Linz

[Lindsay]

I questions from a friend that I am not at a stage to answer yet - both
newies.

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> From: John Durham <john.modec at xtra.co.nz>
> Reply-To: pchelpers at freelists.org
> To: pchelpers at freelists.org
> Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Ubuntu Linux won't boot after install
> Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 18:13:57 +1200
> Well, after all the setup process, it appears to work (except for 1 
> thing. The network connection to the internet cannot be configured 
> because apparently my one user account does not have admin privileges. 
> Do I need to re-install, or is there some other way the get the system 
> to set up its network?
> 
> Lindsay wrote:
> 
> >Did you get the grub boot manager at the beginning of reboot John?  If
> >so, what happened next?  
> >
> >  
> >
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