Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 14:55:18 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@googlemail.com> To: Gerd Truschinski <gerd@truschinski.de> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No internet with snapshots Message-ID: <20100525145518.7dbb6e91@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <4BFBC027.8090504@truschinski.de> References: <4BFBC027.8090504@truschinski.de>
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On Tue, 25 May 2010 14:18:47 +0200 Gerd Truschinski <gerd@truschinski.de> wrote: > I tried to install the latest > FreeBSD-9.0-CURRENT-201005-amd64-bootonly.iso. > FreeBSD is starting, sysinstall is running. > I want to install from ftp.freebsd.org. Therefor I try to set the _Media > Typ_ in the _Options Editor_. > I select the only Network Interface, a nfe, no IP6 but DHCP. I get an IP > address from my Router and then I get a > "Cannot resolv hostname ftp.freebsd.org". > > This seems to happen with older snapshots also. > > What could I do. What information did you need? > Looks like there's no name server, although the router should have passed that info with the other DHCP data. Look whether there's an option to set a name server (I haven't done an install for a long time so I can't remember). If there is you could use 8.8.8.8, which is a Google name server which works quite well (and it's easy to remember). -- Gary Jennejohn
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