bsd install

[Brandon helsley]

I'm a complete noob, I don't understand any of this.

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Subject: Re: bsd install



On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 6:55 PM Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley at hotmail.com<mailto:brandon.helsley at hotmail.com>> wrote:
I know right. Why am I not assigned ipv4 address?

Because manual configuration is just that manual.   You need to point to the IP of a name server or set one up on the machine and point it to 127.0.0.1 ... as to the IP for your nic that is assigned in /etc/rc.conf by doing if_XXX=[network params] for example my main NIC on my desktop is configured with:

ifconfig_re0="inet 192.168.11.40 netmask 255.255.255.0"

Note the ip has to be on the same subnet as the next hop router... if you are multihomed (multiple ISP's for example) then you use routed to configure stuff beyond just the "default" router

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Subject: Re: bsd install



On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 3:34 PM Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley at hotmail.com<mailto:brandon.helsley at hotmail.com>> wrote:
When I do this I get no ip addresses for ipv4 in the resolver configuration

DNS resolution is controlled by /etc/resolv.conf not /etc/rc.conf  see man page for it


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Subject: Re: bsd install

On Tue, 5 May 2020 18:53:18 +0000, Brandon helsley wrote:
> Do I need to go through the whole installer. Once I submit it will
> make the changes without wiping my disc?

The easiest way, if you just wish to change network settings,
is to explicitely jump to that selection:

        # bsdinstall netconfig

This will bring up the "Configuring Network Interfaces" menu.

See "man bsdinstall" for details.

Further information here:

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/bsdinstall-network.html

Please note that I have never personally used bsdinstall for
that specific task, so I don't know for sure if what you will
see does match the description in the handbook, but common
sense suggests that the installed system will not be wiped.



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