Re: [gentoo-user] Re: net-setup package

[Chris Brennan]

three place to keep in mind, they will be your best friend when in doubt


www.gentoo.org/doc
forums.gentoo.org
gentoo-wiki.com

These are a good first stop :D

Anyway, happy gentooing >D

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Net Warrior <netwarrior863@×××××.com> wrote:
> Yes, I could set up my ethernet manually :), just wondering if the
> setup-eth0 utils was a part of a packages I missed to install, cuz after
> loging in to the new installed system could not find it, but, is not matter
> of death and life :)
>
> Gentoo seems to be ( my humble opinion  withing my first 24 usage hours ) a
> very robust system, I come from a freebsd land, and so, in my need to use a
> linux distro ( tried ubuntu, a mess ) gentoo has all I have in freebsd, the
> portage is what I like most, the way to be up to date with ports ans system,
> emerge does a good job, like portsnap/pkg_tools does for freebsd.
>
> The only think I found, how can I say, weird, is the installation, the need
> to do all the stuff by hand, just a basic install like bsd does ( 100 MB )
> and then install the rest fro  the network, would be nice, I'm too lazy to
> do paritioning/swap/choot :)
>
> I'll needto go deeper with the FLAGS features, still do not understand some
> things, I have things by default by the moment, eventhough it's a powerfull
> feature, I know that I can screw it up the howle system.
>
> Anyway, I'm almost done, I'm still compiling my stuff, and I'm happy the way
> it does things, great job.
>
> Thank you for your time and support.
>
>
> 2008/4/23, Chris Brennan <xaero@××××××××××.net>:
>
> > did you symlink net.lo to net.YOUR_ETH_DEVICE ?
> >
> > did you add said new symlink to the boot/default runtime?
> >
> >
> > C-
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Net Warrior <netwarrior863@×××××.com>
> wrote:
> > > Yes, I did it manually as stated in the handbook, I'll take a look if I
> can
> > > copy net-setup from the install CD.
> > >
> > > Thank you very much.
> > >
> > >
> > > 2008/4/23, reader@×××××××.com <reader@×××××××.com>:
> > >
> > > > "Net Warrior" <netwarrior863@×××××.com> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > HI there guys.
> > > > > I've already installed gentoo, and wanting to setup the ethernet ,
> > > trying to
> > > > > use net-setup seems not to be installed, which package do I nneed to
> > > install
> > > > > in order to have this util?
> > > > > It seems I missed something.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for your time and support.
> > > > > Greets,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The net-setup tool is on the install cd.  Not sure if its a separate
> > > > installable utility in portage.. but an `eix' search of the portage
> > > > database comes up empty.
> > > >
> > > > The way I do is establish a network running the install image cd or
> > > > iso then transfer those settings to the actual install.
> > > >
> > > > But if you've already moved to the fresh install you should be able to
> > > > setup the ethernet by hand with `ifconfig' and `route'.
> > > >
> > > > Then put those setting into /etc/conf.d/net
> > > >                             /etc/conf.d/domainname
> > > >                             /etc/resolv.conf
> > > >
> > > > For manual setup:
> > > >    (assuming eth0 is the device you are going to use)
> > > >
> > > > ifconfig eth0 my.ip.address (in numeric notation like 192.168.0.2) up
> > > > route add default gw my.gateway.addr (in numeric notation)
> > > >
> > > > (if /etc/resolv.conf does not already contain a nameserver to use)
> > > >
> > > >    echo "nameserver my.nameserver.address" > /etc/resolv.conf
> > > >
> > > > And finally, if all goes well.. complete the setup so that it starts
> > > > on bootup with rc-update
> > > >
> > > >   rc-update add net.eth0 default  (to add it to the default run level)
> > > >
> > > > See if that gets you going...
> > > >
> > > >
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