No internet with snapshots

[Super Biscuit]

--- On Tue, 5/25/10, Gerd Truschinski <gerd at truschinski.de> wrote:

From: Gerd Truschinski <gerd at truschinski.de>
Subject: No internet with snapshots
To: current at freebsd.org
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 12:18 PM

Hi there,

I tried to install the latest FreeBSD-9.0-CURRENT-201005-amd64-bootonly.iso.
FreeBSD is starting, sysinstall is running.
I want to install from ftp.freebsd.org. Therefor I try to set the _Media Typ_ in the _Options Editor_.
I select the only Network Interface, a nfe, no IP6 but DHCP. I get an IP address from my Router and then I get a
"Cannot resolv hostname ftp.freebsd.org".

This seems to happen with older snapshots also.

What could I do. What information did you need?

/gT/
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I usually bring up the interface and do the base install from the CD.
You can then do what you need- users, root, basic services- and then reboot without the media in the machine.
Use mount -t cd9660 -o <permissions> /dev/mount /soft/mount and extract with sh path/binary.sh.
I did this with a PowerPC snapshot and it worked.