Alexander Skwar wrote:
>
> On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 05:35:14AM +1100, Ron Stodden wrote:
> > offers me one slot that somehow I must fit the two DNS IPs into (?),
>
> Can't say much, but during installation one DNS IP is surely enough. You
> only need the second if the first is becoming not available.
Well, any network install should create an /etc/resolv.conf file,
shouldn't it?
On all machines - LAN nodes, gateways, freestanding machines.
Therefore the installer needs to collect the following information:
search domain
<something else I don't recall - keyword 'find'?>
nameserver 1
nameserver 2
nameserver 3 (yes, some have this!)
Of these DrakX only collects nameserver 1 - hardly enough to qualify
it as a competent network installer <g>.
IMO, we probably need to separate out the network install to a
separate product which you run after all the Linux installs - it is
total-planned-network-topography-aware and installs the networking
stuff on all machines on the network successively, tailored to each,
then tests the completed networking system, including all the
gateways. Networking alterations would then not require the choice
between a reinstall or a resident network geek.
--
Regards,
Ron. [AU]
