Re: DHCP client setup for @Home
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> So, does this mean that if I try and install potato on my home system
> using the boot floppies (to avoid having to burn 1 or more CDs) and I
> select the DHCP net configuration option for doing a network/internet
> install that the installation will fail ?
In my experience it does:
pump fails to correctly configure /etc/resolv.conf which kinda makes
installing off a network kinda hard.
> Is this a bug in pump ? If it fails to work (for an @Home setup like
> mine) then why is pump allowed into potato or debian at all ?
Bug in pump: unknown to me. the code is in the executable, but it doesn't
seem to work.
My experience:
I've tried a couple times to install pump on a SPARC classic, and used
DHCP to configure the interface. When it came time to install the base
system (there's no CD and it's a blank HD) I had to use the NFS server's
IP number rather than the hostname: DNS lookups were failing.
After the system was installed and running, trying to fix /etc/resolv.conf
showed me the file didn't exist.
pump in potato: I dunno. Lack of disk space?
> I plan to reinstall potato on my home system using the boot floppies
> over the weekend and will see how well the DHCP configuration works
> then.
Let me know, you might have better luck on a PC.
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