On 2/4/07, Glenn Becker <burningc@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all -
>
> In an attempt to get things "right" I re-installed NetBSD 3.1 over the
> weekend ... more than once, it turns out.
>
> I am having difficulty getting my install to network properly. During the
> last install attempt I decided to confirm that the install program could,
> indeed, get the networking to "take" by choosing FTP as my install medium
> instead of the CD I had burned.
>
> My initial setup in the install dialogues did not appear to work. I
> suspected that this might have something to do with my having chosen IPv6
> autoconfiguration. The "ping" test that the install program ran showed
> 100% packet loss & I was presented with the option to retry setting up the
> network. I chose the highlighted "yes" option ... and immediately a
> download of the installation packages began!
>
> So everything downloaded correctly from /somewhere/ and /some/ aspect of
> the initial shot at setting up networking "worked" ... but once again when
> I rebooted into the new system I could not SSH out of the box.
>
> And that was where I left this latest attempt yesterday.
>
> I am going to go through the "NetBSD Networking FAQ" and make sure all the
> relevant text files contain the proper information, but ... if a working
> network setup (which the install program did not seem to recognize I had,
> despite the fact that it went ahead and used it) is achieved during
> installation, shouldn't that setup ideally be saved to the new install?
>
> Just a final point, the Network FAQ starts by saying "[t]he NetBSD install
> process includes basic network configuration, which implements a standard
> workstation setup."

You should have been prompted to save the network config somewhere
around the time when it asks to set the root password.

But I believe this isn't the case on an upgrade, if you did that.

Andy