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Re: Introduction


From: "Colin Adams" <colinpauladams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:50:36 +0000

Thanks Simon,

DHCP works.

On 29/02/2008, Simon 'corecode' Schubert <corecode@fs.ei.tum.de> wrote:
> Colin Adams wrote:
>  > Meanwhile, I have managed to install 1.12 in a virtual machine on my
>  > Linux 64-bit quad core box. I didn't attempt to configure the network
>  > when I did the installation, thinking that as I was running under KVM,
>  > I would not need to (that was the case when I set up FreeBSD 6.3 last
>  > weekend). However I can't ping 10.0.2.2 (which is the virtual DHCP
>  > server that KVM provides to the guest), so I guess I should have done
>  > it.
>  >
>  > But I don't know what command to type to bring up those configuration
>  > menus again - I can't find it mentioned in the DragonFly handbook
>  > (flight manual?).
>  > Please help.
>
>
> I guess that kvm provides a DHCP client?  In this just add a line
>  ifconfig_XXX0="DHCP" to /etc/rc.conf.
>
>  XXX stands for the interface name, you can get an overview by typing
>  "ifconfig".
>
>  If you need to configure a fixed address, use
>  ifconfig_XXX0="inet 10.0.2.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up".
>
>  More details can be found in rc.conf(5) and the handbook, available on the
>  wiki.
>
>  cheers
>    simon
>
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