[ale] setting up dhcp on a new install

[Jim Kinney]

OK. It looks like you "upgraded" to RH6.1 from 6.0. It didn't ask for new
network info because it assumed that you would not be changing it. If you
do a new install, it will ask for network info. DHCP is on the list of
choices.

After you install, RedHat has 2 methods of sysadmin, linuxconf and
control-panel. Linuxconf is quite powerful and relatively easy to use. It
will work most of the time for most configuration stuff that is not too
complex.(Beats hacking sendmail.cf with vi !!) Sometimes it doesn't work.
It still crashes on me in samba configs under gnome (bummer). The inline
help, where it exists, is quite good. It needs to be finished. But it is a
"work in progress", albeit a pretty usable one right now. It is the
recommended method in RH6.1. It works in X or from the console.

Control-panel is the other method. It is X only. It not quite as easy to
use. It has a button that launches linuxconf!

JimK

On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Jeremy Fincher wrote:

> I will soon be reinstalling linux (having just received a second
> identical hard drive, i really want to delve into software raid :-)).  I
> started linux with RH 6.0 and had no problems...when I install, it asks
> me how my IP address is determined, and I tell it dhcp.  No problems.
> 
> Then, a few times later, I reinstalled with RH 6.1.  RH 6.1 asks NOTHING
> about my network setup.  I've installed it many (about 5 or 6) times and
> have never been asked anything regarding NICs or IP addresses (am I
> doing it wrong?)
> 
> So, without any knowledge about how to setup my NIC and dhcp
> post-install, my current setup is 6.0, upgraded later to 6.1.  Since I'm
> planning this reinstall, though, I'd like to know what I am doing so I
> don't have install 6.0 and then upgrade.
> 
> So if anyone knows any good online resources (other than the LDP) or
> personal experiences please send them my way so i can learn how to do
> this.
> 
> Also, I am considering trying FreeBSD on this computer (at least to try
> it out and compare it to linux).  If anyone has any resources on setting
> up raid/dhcp on that operating system, they would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
>