Subject: Re: [2.0.2/i386] Install without sysinst : single-user mode? sysinst?
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Sylvain Briole <sbriole.mls@free.fr>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 06/28/2005 08:13:38
Hi Martijn,

> It isn't - at least, not for the sake of editing rc.conf. (You should never
> edit /etc/defaults/rc.conf, if you ask me). sysinst doesn't do it, so why
> should you? 

I also think it is not useful to modify anything in defaults/rc.conf.

>> When single-user mode not absolutely necessary, is it possible to set (in
>> /etc/rc.conf) :
>> rc_configured=YES
>> sshd=YES
>> dhclient=YES
> You probably need a dhclient_flags, containing your ethernet interface,
> but that should work.

dhclient_flags is not needed : when not there, dhclient searches a dhcp server
on all interfaces, and, in my case, I have only one interface and only one
server.

>> And also install (in chroot or something like this) some packages like bash
>> for example, and then finally reboot?
> Probably..

I have already tested : seems OK.

Thanks,

Sylvain.