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Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: hb-install-config.xml
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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:12:38 +0000
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nightmorph    07/03/12 08:12:38

  Modified:             hb-install-config.xml
  Log:
  DNS mojo! bug 147358

Revision  Changes    Path
1.89                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-config.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-config.xml?rev=1.89&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-config.xml?rev=1.89&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-config.xml?r1=1.88&r2=1.89

Index: hb-install-config.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-config.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.88
retrieving revision 1.89
diff -u -r1.88 -r1.89
--- hb-install-config.xml	28 Nov 2006 07:40:38 -0000	1.88
+++ hb-install-config.xml	12 Mar 2007 08:12:38 -0000	1.89
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-config.xml,v 1.88 2006/11/28 07:40:38 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-config.xml,v 1.89 2007/03/12 08:12:38 nightmorph Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 proceed.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>7.6</version>
-<date>2006-11-27</date>
+<version>7.7</version>
+<date>2007-03-11</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Filesystem Information</title>
@@ -247,7 +247,10 @@
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-Second we set the domainname in <path>/etc/conf.d/net</path>:
+Second, <e>if</e> you need a domainname, set it in <path>/etc/conf.d/net</path>.
+You only need a domain if your ISP or network administrator says so, or if you
+have a DNS server but not a DHCP server. You don't need to worry about DNS or
+domainnames if your networking is setup for DHCP.
 </p>
 
 <pre caption="Setting the domainname">
@@ -257,6 +260,12 @@
 dns_domain_lo="<i>homenetwork</i>"
 </pre>
 
+<note>
+If you choose not to set a domainname, you can get rid of the "This is
+hostname.(none)" messages at your login screen by editing
+<path>/etc/issue</path>. Just delete the string <c>.\O</c> from that file.
+</note>
+
 <p>
 If you have a NIS domain (if you don't know what that is, then you don't have
 one), you need to define that one too:



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