Re: install/50832: NetBSD-7.0 iso won't acquire DHCPv4 lease in SmartOS' KVM (and more)

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

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From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: roy%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: install/50832: NetBSD-7.0 iso won't acquire DHCPv4 lease in SmartOS' KVM (and more)
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 13:56:58 +0100

 On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 04:45:00AM +0000, james.blachly%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
 > Using virtio network driver in SmartOS' KVM, NetBSD-7 can not acquire
 > a DHCPv4 lease ; it gives up and goes to link local address.
 
 Can you get more details for this please?
 It may depend on your local dhcp server and other network setup details.
 
 If you go to Utilities/Run /bin/sh you should be able to restart
 dhcpcd with -d for debugging info on stderr.
 
 > Because dhcpcd returns with success even if link local is configured,
 > this causes some problem with the installer because /etc/resolv.conf is
 > never created; therefore at the install step where /etc/resolv.conf is
 > /bin/cp'd to /target/whatever, that command throws an error message. So
 > , independent of the what I believe to be error in virtio driver, that
 > part of the installer needs to be addressed.
 
 Yes, I agree - will check.
 
 Martin