On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 12:13:29AM +0000, Wayne Scace wrote: > Hi Gang, > Wayne K9DI es Leader Dog Patriot. I'm attempting to install > OpenBSD 3.4 on my laptop and have had good success up to the point where > it wants to install sets. At that point, things go rapidly south. > There's trouble with name resolution so I cannot ftp the sets from > outside my lan.
For this problem, you pobably didn't set the network info correctly. You can break out of the installer to a root shell by hitting Ctl-C at just about any time. When you get to the point where you have name resolution problems, do a Ctl-C and then check that `cat /etc/resolv.conf` looks right. It should be something like: nameserver 192.168.1.88 lookup file bind If it doesn't look right, simply: # echo "nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\nlookup file bind" > /etc/resolv.conf (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of a nameserver) also check to see that you have routing correct while in the shell: # route -n show -inet The route(8) manpage for OpenBSD is on the web at http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=route&sektion=8 You can restart the install by typing 'install' at the prompt, and it _should_ use the info you just changed. > I dl'd and burned an iso of the sets, but when I try to > use it I get the dreaded "The directory "foo" does not exist". This has caught me a few times also. The easiest thing to do is setup a directory structure on the ISO like on the ftp site, ie 3.4/ i386/ bsd bsd.rd base34.tgz ... Mount your CD and make sure the directory layout is like that. If it doesn't look like that, show me what it does look like, and I'll let you know how to make it work. > What I'm > considering is setting up an ftp server on my workstation where the > files are and trying to snag 'em over the lan. So the main question is: > how hard is it to setup a small ftp server (temporarily) so I can finish > the OpenBSD install? Unless you really want to learn how to run an ftp server, it's probably not worth the effort. > Eventually, I'd like to replace IPCOP on the > router/firewall with OpenBSD. Good luck, and let me know how it goes :) -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
