Hi Felix, I use fixed IPs so I am not common with the problem you describe. I just activated my routers DHCP server and set the appropriate line in WATTCP.CFG to
"my_IP = dhcp" instead of giving it a fixed IP. If I now start Arachne, the DHCP server assigns an IP to the FreeDOS machine and I can browse the web without problem. Other programms (like ping in the wattcp collection) seem to require a fixed IP (at least it didn't work for me at the moment). Can't say anything about the installer. Please keep in mind, that networking is not already built-in in FreeDOS (as it is in GNU/Linux) but is provided by other software: network drivers, TCP/IP stacks and applications (or applications with a built-in stack as the Wattcp programs or Arachne). Look at http://www.lazybrowndog.net/freedos for more general info about (Free)DOS networking. (If anyone is interested, we could transfer this site including the pictures into a wiki) Uli Felix Miata schrieb: > This was my 2nd installation ever, but my first in a system with a NIC, and > the boot messages are perplexing. According to my router, FreeDOS never got a > DHCP IP assignment from the router. I see among the boot messages on the > screen: > > ... > Multicast setup workaround used for both 10 Mbits and 100 Mbits > This board supports 100 Mbits > PHY device 1 - National DP83840 100BASE-TX, C step > ... > Negotiated speed 100Mbs (100Base-TX) full duplex > PHY device 2 - No PHY device installed > Using twisted pair cable > ... > Packet driver software interrupt is 0x60 (96) > Interrupt number 0xB (11) > I/O port 0x6800 (26624) > My Ethernet address is xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx > ... > > When I boot the same system from a Knoppix CD, I get: > > #lspci | grep thern > 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 01) > #ifconfig eth1 > eth1: error fetching interface information: Device not found > #ifconfig eth0 > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx > inet addr:192.168.x.x Bcast:192.168.x.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > ... > > Is there some way to translate the FreeDOS boot messages into the networking > language Linux uses, and figure out if the FreeDOS installer misconfigured, > or otherwise why it doesn't seem to acquire an IP address via DHCP? Would it > be easier to set up FreeDOS to use a fixed IP than to figure it out? > > The non-organization of the FAQ on sourceforge is a real pain on which I've > yet to find anything directly on point. Googling pages on freedos.org did > little more than provide a poorly organized mess of links, no onsite page > that seems to cover networking. > > TIA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
