Re: A few newbie questions about networking (wired and wireless)

2013-11-10 Thread Ottavio Caruso
On 10 November 2013 23:39, Chavdar Ivanov wrote: > On 10 November 2013 20:32, Ottavio Caruso > wrote: >> 2) How can I tell the system not to spend time configuring the card if >> no cable is plugged in, without blacklisting the card in rc.conf? > > I'd suggest use dhcpcd. I've done that and it f

Re: A few newbie questions about networking (wired and wireless)

2013-11-10 Thread Chavdar Ivanov
On 10 November 2013 20:32, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > I've finally managed to install the amd64 port onto a usb disk to use > with a Thinkpad X61. OK, > > When running the post-installation utility from the installer, I was > given the option to configure the network. The interfaces available > wer

A few newbie questions about networking (wired and wireless)

2013-11-10 Thread Ottavio Caruso
I've finally managed to install the amd64 port onto a usb disk to use with a Thinkpad X61. When running the post-installation utility from the installer, I was given the option to configure the network. The interfaces available were wm0, iwn0 and fpiw0. So I selected the iwn0 (wireless) but the in

Re: Is it possible to install from a USB disk with sysinstall or Grub?

2013-11-10 Thread Ottavio Caruso
On 10 November 2013 10:22, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> > I think the root would have to be on the cyber version of terra firma. > >> ?? Can you explain that? > I believe the file system has to be on an actual disk or disk partition as > opposed to a memory image. Ah, ok. Thanks. -- Ottavio

Re: Is it possible to install from a USB disk with sysinstall or Grub?

2013-11-10 Thread Thomas Mueller
> Thanks Thomas, > I'll keep that in mind for future reference. I eventually gave up and > found an old 1G memory stick and I'm currently installing from there. > > I think the root would have to be on the cyber version of terra firma. > ?? Can you explain that?