[Fwd: [ale] setting up dhcp on a new install]

[Jeremy Fincher]

Jeremy Fincher wrote:

> You see, that's the thing.  When I *install* 6.1 it never asks me about my
> network.  When I upgrade, it just keeps the old settings, but when I install,
> it never asks me, so I get a non-internet connected machine (which is about
> as useful to me as a second toaster).
>
> I don't know what's wrong with the install program, but in either GUI or text
> mode i have never been asked to setup a network when installing a fresh new
> 6.1.
>
> That's why I'd like to know how to setup dhcp post-install, because my 6.1
> installation isn't setting it up for me.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
>
> Jim Kinney wrote:
>
> > 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
> > >