On 2/4/07, Glenn Becker <burningc@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>
> > I have the same problem with 3.01  and 3.1.  I just setup my network config on
> > first boot.  I just figured I must be doing something wrong in the installs.
> > You can configure the network, but the changes don't carry over.  Setting the
> > root pass always works though.  So you are not alone.
>
> Yep, this is 3.1.
>
> I don't guess it is that big a deal but I'm not so expert at network setup
> (e.g. hand-configuring the files as opposed to telling an installation
> program what IP and nameserver to use) that I can do it without a doc to
> stare at ... and the doc was sitting on a website I couldn't reach. ":^}
> Mind if I had a printer I could've just booted into Debian Linux (or what
> have you) and printed the NetBSD Networking FAQ doc, but I don't have a
> printer. So I've had to wait until today, when I am back at work.
>
> I should check, maybe the doc in question lives in the installed system?
> Still, I just think it'd be more elegant for the thing to keep the network
> settings used during the install.

I just set up a box with 4.0_BETA2 yesterday using boot floppies and
doing the whole install, and I was definitely prompted to save the
network config. Maybe it's a bug that was fixed recently.

4.0 should be out pretty soon I guess.

Andy