Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 18:25:30 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Subject: Re: Problems installing FreeBSD 4.0 20000125-CURRENT Message-ID: <200001272325.SAA60073@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <20000127144207.A81615@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On 27-Jan-00 David O'Brien wrote: > On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 01:28:10PM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> >> In this case, I actually assume that the DHCP server will be providing >> the host name and specifically *ignore* the user-provide hostname > > IMHO, that is the wrong assumption. Most DHCP servers I've seen aren't > setup to provide hostnames to the requrestor. Why not check to see what the hostname is after dhclient is run and then stick that name in the network setup dialog box. If the user does edit the hostname themselves, then you can flag that event, and use that flag when writing out /etc/rc.conf to mean that the hostname variable should be set. Actually, this doesn't work all that well because the boot floppy doesn't include /bin/hostname in the crunch so /sbin/dhclient-script can't set the hostname when it is sent out by a dhcp server. >> > 4. X didn't come with /usr/X11R6/lib/aout, so I can't run netscape. >> >> I guess we need to build our own XF86 distribution with the a.out >> libraries built or we need to somehow stuff those into a compat dist. > > If you want the added to src/lib/compat, let me know ASAP. > > -- > -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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