Re: FreeBSD Preinstall Questions?

From: Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. (kdk_at_daleco.biz)
Date: 11/11/03

  • Next message: Ralph F. De Witt: "Re: FreeBSD Preinstall Questions?" 
    Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:48:18 -0600
To: ralphdewitt@charter.net

    Ralph F. De Witt wrote:

    >unkitty# cvsup /usr/local/etc/ports-supfile
    >Cannot get IP address of my own host -- is its hostname correct?
    >
    >When I configured the network. I configured for DHCP and then filled
    in the
    >machine name unkitty as host and filled in a fictitous ralphfdewitt.org as

    This can cause problems with a few things if
    FBSD is unable to resolve a name. Good news:
    you can fake it out.

    Put this in /etc/hosts:

                        the.ip.of.unkitty unkitty.ralphfdewitt.org
    unkitty

    And make sure that /etc/resolv.conf is configured
    to check the hosts file prior to checking the name
    service....

    HTH,

    Kevin Kinsey
    DaleCo, S.P.

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