trouble installing linux

[Derek Roberts]

Also, the vmware network may be down. Try this:
ifconfig eth0 up
dhclient eth0
After a bit it should say something like "bound to 192.168.1.64
renewal in 86400 seconds". Now try using pacman again.

HTH!

On 4/9/10, Chuck Hallenbeck <chuckh at ftml.net> wrote:
> As I recall, the boot option should be swspeak, not swspeakup.
>
>
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> On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 03:41:39PM +1200, Arthur Pirika wrote:
>> hi, I have a strange problem, and wondering if anyone here has any
>> ideas. I want to play with linux, but would like to try it in a vm
>> under windows, to try things out. I have two distros here, arch, and
>> grml. I'm using windows xp pro sp3, and vmWare player 3.01.
>>
>> Arch loads perfectly fine, speakup comes up, but lately, arch is
>> seeming to have trouble retrieving packages. Protocol and/or timeout
>> errors are the norm here. Even selecting different mirrors doesn't
>> help.
>> Grml just refuses to speak, but it does seem to load. as far as i
>> know, I'm giving the boot loader grml swspeakup as it's options.
>> Maybe i need to try a different vm?
>> btw, this is grml 2009.10.
>>
>> tia,
>> Arthur.
>>
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