[SunRescue] More sol8 installdummy questions.....(:+}}...

[Ken Hansen]

I think DNS should get you going - IIRC it asks all the right questions
(host, domain, IP (or DHCP), nameservers, gateway, netmask)...

But this is from memory, I'll confirm and get back tot he list, if needed...

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "User Bobkeys BSD Bob the old greybeard BSD freak"
<bobkeys at weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 11:18 AM
Subject: [SunRescue] More sol8 installdummy questions.....(:+}}...


> OK, I bit the bullet, and am doing a total fresh install of sol8-01-01
> on the office SS5 box.  I want to set the thing up so I use the campus
> nameserver and the gateway on my network.  Do I choose DNS when it comes
> up or NONE, on the networking menu?  The first time I installed, I chose
> none, and then later had to manually patch nssswitch.conf for dns and
> then add /etc/defaultrouter with the gateway route.  Does the DNS option
> do this?  If not, what exactly does the DNS option set up?  I don't
> think I want the NIS or NIS+ setups, around here.
>
> Thanks.... le dummy, Bob.....(:+\\.... but hey, I gotta learn it somehow!
>
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