[olug] Problems Setting up DHCP for Cox Migration

[Robert A. Jacobs]

On Sat, 2002-01-19 at 00:31, Phil Brutsche wrote:

Is there a script or config file I need to
> > edit somewhere that I've missed?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> Hint: the files under /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/

Thanks for the hint.  I took a look in the indicated directory and saw
the ifcfg-eth0 script.  Can anyone point me to references that describe
these scripts in greater detail (without going through the code...just
don't have time for that right now)?  In particular, where can I find a
reference that explains what key=value pairs I can place in the
ifcfg-eth0 file?

Also...I got DHCP up (I was sending the wrong host-name) via the
Mandrake Control Center.  

> > For what its worth, there does not appear to be any script specifically
> > intended to start dhcpcd in the /etc/init.d directory like I would have
> > expected (might explain why I set things to static before).
> 
> Nope, there won't be and shouldn't be.  Such a thing has caused problems
> on Debian systems in the past.
> 
Oh, really?  Like what?  I used Debian exclusively in the past and loved
it.  All the networking information was stored in one location (which
was VERY nice - Mandrake/RPM-based file organization in general still
seems arcane and confusing by comparison).  

Unfortunately, Debian's release cycle finally bit me when I needed to
use "newer" software on my one and only system.  I didn't feel
comfortable running Sid (unstable) on a system I didn't have time to
spend fixing if something broke (Full-Time Grad School/Full-Time Work)
so I migrated to Mandrake.

Ximian-Gnome, Nautilus and Evolution are awesome, so I'm probably here
to stay.  A bit off-topic for this thread, but is anyone running this
combination of software on Debian?  

Rob



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