Re: DHCP client setup for @Home
>>>>> "PB" == Phil Brutsche <pbrutsch@tux.creighton.edu> writes:
PB> Bug in pump: unknown to me. the code is in the executable, but
PB> it doesn't seem to work.
PB>
PB> My experience:
PB>
PB> I've tried a couple times to install pump on a SPARC classic,
PB> and used DHCP to configure the interface. When it came time to
PB> install the base system (there's no CD and it's a blank HD) I
PB> had to use the NFS server's IP number rather than the hostname:
PB> DNS lookups were failing.
PB>
PB> After the system was installed and running, trying to fix
PB> /etc/resolv.conf showed me the file didn't exist.
PB>
PB> pump in potato: I dunno. Lack of disk space?
PB>
>> 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.
PB> Let me know, you might have better luck on a PC.
PB>
I just tried installing Potato using the latest boot floppies (compact
set) and had the same result - pump failed to get configuration info
using DHCP. I ended up statically configuring the ethernet card in my
system using the same values as would/should have been obtained through
DHCP.
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