Andreas Klemm wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 10:37:25AM +0100, eoghan wrote:
>
>>[... rc.conf ...]
>>Also, my network assign ip's to each pc on the network.
>>I noticed in the conf the ip was specified, which can
>>change... is there any way of doing this in the rc.conf?
>
>
> So you have a DHCP server in your network.
>
> You can configure the interface in FreeBSD, so that it makes
> use of the DHCP service. To get ip address, network mask,
> default route, DNS servers automatically.
>
> All you need to do is to configure the interface in
> /etc/rc.conf with
> ....="DHCP"
>
> You may also configure everything static for your machine
> if you know, if there are some IPs in your network reserved
> for static IPs.
>
> Typically Servers get static IPs and DNS entries on a network.
>
> If you are working with a laptop and have to use different
> settings for your system, lets say in one network DHCP, in
> another location you need a certain static ip, then you
> can have a look at the port sysutils/personality.
>
> It helps you to add system files to kind of a "flat file
> repository". Then you can save these file under a name
> of your choice.
>
> You simply restore the settings, whenever you change to
> a location which needs different settings and reboot.
>
> Another method is to put it very early in a system
> startup file. But this method is tricky. Not too early
> and not too late in the system boot process ... It needs
> surely some fiddeling and trial and error ...
>
> Andreas ///
>
Thanks Andreas...
I have actually got it sorted. As suggested my rc.conf was full of bad
entries because i kept going to sysinstall to setup my network again and
again. Newbie error :). I edited it removing everything bad and now i
have it working perfect. Thanks for the tips.
On a different note... I tried the upgrade from the sysinstall and used
the main ftp freebsd site... but it chocked at a perl install. I assume
this is for the ports tree? Now on shutdown i get stuff like:
Not Found.
Not Found.
Not Found.
I cant exactly remember what the message is but it is something like
this. Im in work and my freebsd machine is at home. Any clues?
Eohgan
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