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		| thomasaaron 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 6:39 pm    Post subject: Repairing the Live CD |   |  
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				| OK, I was making some serious progress, but I think I botched somthing bigtime. 
 I was messing around in the file manager, and I think I deleted the wrong file. Now my web-browser won't work.
 
 I tried re-burning the CD, but it is still not working.  I'm running a live CD and doing just a normal boot.
 
 Is there a way to repair the damage?
 
 Best,
 Tom
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		| bostonvaulter 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:30 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| what exactly do you mean by re-burning the dvd?  you could always start over from scratch.  You could also look at a fresh cd and compare it to yours, especially in the area of the things that you were deleting. |  | 
	
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		| thomasaaron 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:34 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| What I mean is, I went back to the website, downloaded a fresh copy to a new CD and tried to run it live. Still no internet. The browser does not even come up. 
 This is interesting: when I go to the control panel, the DCHP button looks like it is depressed, though I'm not messing with it.
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		| bostonvaulter 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:48 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| you could try running the command   pump -i eth0    i think you have to run it as root. 
 this should hopefully make your internet work.  It's supposed to this automatically on boot but sometimes it fails.
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		| thomasaaron 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:54 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| OK. I tried running tha pump -i eth0 command. Still, when I go to apps->browser, no browser comes up. 
 I downloaded firefox from the MyDSL menu, and I now have a browser that surfs the net.
 
 So, my question is this.
 
 If I re-download DSL and burn it to a CD, should I have a fresh, new CD with all default settings, or does it retrieve past information somehow from my computer and stay screwed up?
 
 Best,
 Tom
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		| roberts 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:19 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| DSL-N restores your data automactically if the backup/restore system had been used. Look at DSLpanel, Backup/Restore. It will display the device used. 
 To boot without using the auto restore feature use:
 
 dsl norestore
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		| thomasaaron 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:46 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Excellent. the norestore boot worked perfectly.
 
 Lesson learned -- don't delete things unless YOU are the one that created them!
 
 I appreciate your help.
 
 Best,
 Tom
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