Simon Breden writes:
> Thanks James. I have no idea what went wrong with the install. The same
> machine that I had previously run snv_87 / NWAM on was wiped and a fresh
> install of snv_101 was done using the default Interactive Installation
> method.
I misunderstood. I'd thought you were looking at the OpenSolaris
distribution. It now sounds like you're installing Solaris Express
Community Edition (SXCE), where NWAM is *NOT* the default.
On SXCE, you have to configure most things manually. In particular,
if you're using DHCP, and if your DHCP server declines to offer you a
host name (many, but not all, ISPs fail to do this), then you'll have
to set /etc/nodename to get something other than "unknown."
> The installation now seems more complex and although it wasn't exactly
> tricky, it didn't ask me for the hostname like it used to. And NWAM didn't
> seem to have been installed by default for some reason???
It wouldn't be for SXCE.
> I think I answered "None" where it asks about DNS during the install, as
> this was for a home setup and thought it should use the DNS from the
> nameservers inherited from the ISP.
I would have answered "DNS," as that's the name service in use on the
system.
I'm not sure I understand your description above, but this name
service question isn't asking whether you want to set up a DNS
server. It's asking what name service you'd like to use on the system
-- manually configured files ("none"), DNS, NIS, or LDAP.
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