[gentoo-user] Install ISO net-setup problems

[gentoo-user] Install ISO net-setup problems

[Walter Dnes]

  I wonder if it's just me.  Recently, when I install Gentoo on laptops,
net-setup does not work; I end up with eth0 in the 169.254/16 range,
i.e. "zeroconf".  However, I can manually go in afterwards and type the
appropriate "ifconfig" and "route add" statements.  Then eth0 comes up
properly.  In a recent case it was 192.168.123.252 netmask
255.255.255.248 (YES!) broadcast 192.168.123.255  and default gateway
192.168.123.254.

  Is there a known problem with wifi interfering with eth0 in net-setup?
I just want to check around before filing a bug.  I tried the
"nodchcpd" option but it didn't help.

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

Re: [gentoo-user] Install ISO net-setup problems

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 03/07/2013 02:17:27 AM, Walter Dnes wrote:
>   I wonder if it's just me.  Recently, when I install Gentoo on  
> laptops,
> net-setup does not work; I end up with eth0 in the 169.254/16 range,
> i.e. "zeroconf".  However, I can manually go in afterwards and type  
> the
> appropriate "ifconfig" and "route add" statements.  Then eth0 comes up
> properly.  In a recent case it was 192.168.123.252 netmask
> 255.255.255.248 (YES!) broadcast 192.168.123.255  and default gateway
> 192.168.123.254.
> 
>   Is there a known problem with wifi interfering with eth0 in  
> net-setup?
> I just want to check around before filing a bug.  I tried the
> "nodchcpd" option but it didn't help.
> 

Did you use SystemRescueCD? Its net-setup was broken until recently,
the recent  version 3.4.1 has it fixed.

Helmut.

Re: [gentoo-user] Install ISO net-setup problems

[Walter Dnes]

On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 08:49:05AM +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote

> Did you use SystemRescueCD? Its net-setup was broken until recently,
> the recent  version 3.4.1 has it fixed.

  No.  I used the Gentoo minimal install ISO image.  I ran isohybrid on
it and dd'd it onto a USB key.  The netbook does not have a CD drive.

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

Re: [gentoo-user] Install ISO net-setup problems

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 03/07/2013 10:20:30 AM, Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 08:49:05AM +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote
> 
> > Did you use SystemRescueCD? Its net-setup was broken until recently,
> > the recent  version 3.4.1 has it fixed.
> 
>   No.  I used the Gentoo minimal install ISO image.  I ran isohybrid  
> on
> it and dd'd it onto a USB key.  The netbook does not have a CD drive.
> 

No problem, it's next to trivial to put SystemRescueCD onto a USB key
see

http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_How_to_install_SystemRescueCd_on_an_USB-stick

Helmut.