Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 13:59:00 +2 From: "Irvine Short" <ishort@pcm.co.za> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Install fail after getting files, before full config Message-ID: <3D2F01F364E@pcm.co.za>
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Hi all I am a newbie to freebsd and this list, but I know a little about SCO unix. Last night before I left work I started a freebsd 2.1.0 install. I selected an X user install. When I came in this morning, all the packages bar a couple had been fetched and the system had started asking me further config questions. However, in the middle of the process the X system tried to start and hung the system during the X -probeonly. I had to reset and then the system booted but with none of the config info I had entered, ie no network card, no host name, etc etc. What can I do to rectify this? I've tried usimg the config after install option on the boot disk, but it does not write anything to disk. Will I have to go through everything manually? I have manually edited the /etc/sysconfig file, but the system complains about demo1.pcm.co.za (hostname I manually put into sysconfig) does not exist. If I do a route add default (my own IP address) it fails. It seems that the NE2000 card is not configured at all. How do I assign the IP address and the subnet mask to the NE2000? In SCO I would use netconfig. What is FreeBSD's equivalent? 'Scuse all the questions on my first post, but I guess that's when they mostly come up... TIA Regards, Irvine Short http://www.pcm.co.za/homepage/ishort/irv_home.html Technical Support Engineer Professional Computer Manufacturers Amalgamated House, Jordaan St Cape Town, South Africa Tel: ++27-21-235084 Fax ++27-21-235089
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