Err.....yes of course your right, I've just read chapter 8 again.
I must have spent hours on the Gentoo forum, trying to hunt this down, and there it was right under my nose. Doh!
Cheers, Brian Connell
Nick Rout wrote:
On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 09:08, Brian Connell wrote:
Thanks Nick,
I have it now, :)
In fact I had played around with /etc/conf.d/net and must have had the correct info in there, because when I did "rc-update add net.eth0 default" it just worked,
I have had another (quick) read through the Gentoo install handbook
"chap 3 Configuring your network"
and I can find no mention of this command.
that sets up your network purely for the install. it has no lasting effect. remember at that stage you are running from the cd. later at chapter 8 it is cemented in place on the hard drive :-)
I'm pretty green when it comes to anything networking, or in fact Gentoo, and wouldn't have figured it without your help,
Thanks again,
Brian Connell
no problems ;-)
on this list someone recently said they would try gentoo as it seemed popular round here. I am not so sure about that, its just we are a very vociferous minority!
Nick Rout wrote:
On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 07:44, Brian Connell wrote:
for sure, surprised you got through the install without picking this up...I have recently installed and upgraded Gentoo using a network install, and I now have most of my hardware/software configured and working :)
However to get my cable modem to work I have to type at the prompt as root ............
ifconfig eth0 "static ip " netmask 255.255.255.0 route add -net default.... etc ......etc,
This works fine, but gets a bit tedious everytime I startup.
edit /etc/conf.d/net
there are sample entries there.
then:
rc-update add net.eth0 default
should do it :-)
Is there a way I could have this load at boot time, and if so, could someone explain how I would do this ?
Thanks,
Brian Connell.
