Subject: Re: configuring RealTek 8139 NIC
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.org>
From: Timo Schoeler <timo.schoeler@macfinity.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/03/2005 09:55:52
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James K. Lowden wrote:
> Timo Schoeler wrote:
> 
>>>NO - when i conf'ed NIC with sysinst there was no ...
>>>
>>>/etc/ifconfig.$IF
>>>/etc/mygate
>>>/etc/myname
>>>/etc/myhosts
>>>/etc/resolv.conf
>>>
>>>Nothing - I had to do all the work myself .....
>>
>>hm, if the card is detected by NetBSD (i bet!) then it can be configured
>>
>>via sysinst.
> 
> 
> Can be, it's true.  But sysinst won't configure your network unless a) you
> do a network install or b) you use the utilities menu.  And before it
> commits you to the network settings you used for installation, it asks
> whether they'll be appropriate for running the machine once it's set up.  

yip, sorry -- i always install via ftp, so i didn't remember that.

however, running sushi afterwards should make it really simple... ;)

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