>Number:         4548
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       sysinst should require dns for network install
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 20 12:35:01 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Bill Sommerfeld
>Organization:
	
>Release:        971114-ish
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD orchard.arlington.ma.us 1.3_ALPHA NetBSD 1.3_ALPHA (ORCHARD) #12: Sat Nov 8 09:13:50 EST 1997 sommerfeld@stack.ch.apollo.hp.com:/usr/sommerfeld/NetBSD-1.3/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/ORCHARD i386


>Description:
	i attempted to do a network install of a system over a 10baseT
	crossover cable from a laptop.  this has been done in the past
	with the old install tools; failure to support this
	configuration in sysinst would be a functional regression.

	the install insisted on asking for the address of the
	nameserver even though there wasn't one on the trivial network
	I was setting up; i could not advance past the network config
	screen.

>How-To-Repeat:
	see above.
>Fix:
	unknown.  configuring my own root nameserver on a detached network 
 	would seem to be overkill..
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: