On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Dave wrote:
> Well, after several hours trying to setup networking in Linux I am very
> tired hehe.
>
> You see I reinstalled red hat 7.0 bare bones, to learn how it all works, I
> figured I would install the right packages for the job and go from there. I
> have learned so much through the process it's all good, but I cannot seem to
> figure out how the network setup works, I have read like 200 pages of
> material and still don't seem to get it.
>
> I can use ifconfig and get the interfaces up and running fine, but cannot
> seem to make them stay after rebooting. Red Hat wants me to use the GUI
> utils but I don't even have X installed yet and wish to learn the bare
> bones, and I can't find much from Red Hat on the entire boot process.
>
> Does anyone have any good material for learning the boot process, how the
> scripts work, and where everything is located? preferably with examples! I
> want to be able to write all the stuff out in the configs and scripts
> WITHOUT using the GUI, please don't make fun of me hehe, I just want to know
> how it all works.
> I do have a huge RedHat textbook with me, but it only explains the X
> utilites to configure network interfaces.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
Try running netconfig. It is a command line utility (ncurses based)
that will set up networking for you.
Mikkel
--
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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