Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo installation problems

[Jerry A! <jerry@thehutt.org>]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 01:07:07PM -0400, Marcus A Martin wrote:
: > 
: >Use the "-d" flag for debug.  This should throw out copious amounts of
: >information.  In addition to "-d" you may want to use the "-T" flag for
: >test mode.  It'll show you what's supposed to happen, but won't actually
: >change anything (not like it matters right now, but for future
: >edification).
:
: With the -d option, I discovered that failure occurs on the
: DHCP_DISCOVER call.  This is really odd.  Like I said, my dhcp server
: has a debian box and 2 windows boaxes connecting to it and they run
: fine.  Do I need to do anything before I attempt to run dhcp eth0?  The
: only thing that I have done is enabled the network card by loading the
: tulip driver with modprobe.  Is there something else I should do first?

You can try issuing "ifconfig eth0 up" to make sure that the interface
is up and then run "dhcpcd -d eth0".

Without knowing you network topology there's not much more help I can
be.

You may not be connecting b/c the card isn't correctly auto-negotiating
with the switch/hub it's plugged into.  Maybe you DHCP server has
tresholds or does expect a hostname or MAC address.  Maybe the network
card is bad.  Try swapping it with one of the working ones.

: >What version are you running.  I just looked at both the i686-exclusive
: >and x86-build cds that I have and OFF_inet.dhcp_eth0 used dhcpcd.
:
: I have noticed that both the binary and build CD have dhcpcd but the
: OFF_inet.dhcp_eth0 file uses dhclient in the script.  You may want to
: either update the script or add the dhclient file back into the sbin
: directory.

I'll make a note on the Wiki to update the script (unless Dan or Achim
beat me to it).

: Is there a rc4 iso image that I can get at?  Maybe using a different
: image will be of help?

I don't think it'll help.  Right now we need to figure out what's hosing
your network.

        --Jerry

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