Mandrake question from new convert

[tetrahymenix]

I'm new to this forum and to Linux as such, so please excuse if this has already been brought up.
I've installed Mandrake 8.1 (download edition) on a desktop PC and it recognised all the hardware nicely. However it keeps reporting that certain files are missing. Today I tried to connect to the network using DCHP and I was instantly greeted with the message that the client/daemon was missing (while TCP works fine). Am I missing the point, or is this particular distro lacking in certain areas?

[pbharris]

Hello,
Welcome to linuxjunior! on to the question at hand - now this distro should be fine but it is a bit dated, i think mnadrake 9.0 is out now and that version is about a year old. In any event it should have no difficulty beeing assigned an IP address by dhcp. What files does it day it is missing?

[cloverm]

Yes, could you post us the exact error messages you're getting?

[capybara]

I used drake 8.1 download and went OL with
cable modem and dhcp and the internet wizard
builtinto drake.
so what to do?
i would # whereis missing.filename
and if the files really are missing,
use another machine to dl the missing files
from rpmfind.net OR
get new distro cds from cheapbytes.com, typical price
$3 per distro. dont let problems with one distro
hassle u too much - id try a newer drake or redhat.

[redhead]

Or perhaps for a quick try, make sure dhcpcd is installed:
# rpm -q dhcpcd
If it is, then try:
# dhcpcd -h `hostname`
And see, if you are offored a new IP.

[tetrahymenix]

Thanks for the replies.
Yes, my version of mandrake is a bit dated. I'll try the 9.0 version and see how it goes.