On Friday 28 Mar 2003 4:20 pm, stormjumper wrote: > i just set up a minimal installation of 9.1, > using the normal install, but selecting a very > limited number of packages and no X. > > during install, i wasn't asked for hostname > and networking information, so although my > network card is loaded correctly, hostname > is localhost, and eth0 fails to load during boot > (expected as no ip is configured). > > i know how to use hostname, and dhcpcd, > and the system works as desired. > > so far, i'm dumping these commands > at the bottom of /etc/rc.local, > but i'm wondering if someone can tell me > how mandrake keeps these settings, > say if i configure networking from mcc > (if i had X.)
You can still use the Mandrake tools even though you are using command line. Just type drakconnect and you can configure Dhcp and hostname. (Although I think you may need to install the drakxtools RPM) derek
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