Bug 29685 – section 21, reminder for common DHCP problem.

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: [OLD] Docs-user

[Description Steven Wagner 2003-09-26 10:22:40 UTC]

I've seen a common problem where new users who use DHCP forget this setting.  I
guess they just open up the file and think it looks fine.  I propose this
amendment to the docs to help.

"Edit the /etc/conf.d/net script to get your network configured for your first
boot:"

to

"Edit the /etc/conf.d/net script to get your network configured for your first
boot.  If you are using DHCP, you will setting iface_eth0="dhcp" here. "



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-09-27 06:53:06 UTC]

Created attachment 18398 [details, diff]
Patch that adds a little more information about networking (which is an important part)

Okay, this patch adds a little bit more information (not much) and adds some
sections in the chapter. This increases the documentation a bit, so I'm a
little hesitant to apply it. But then again, we've decreased the size a bit,
and this patch does make it a bit more clear...

[Comment 2 Benny Chuang (RETIRED) 2003-09-29 17:35:28 UTC]

patch looks good

[Comment 3 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-09-30 02:05:33 UTC]

Committed. Thanks for reporting.