> I am so dumb. This is on the level of "is your computer plugged in?"
Not quite that bad I think :) > How was I deciding networking was not working? By pinging a site I know. By > domain name. Oops. > When I tried it just before by IP address instead it worked! > > In other words, networking worked, but no name server was set. I added the > name server IP addresses to /etc/resolv.conf and all was fine! Great! BTW - if you control the DHCP server, you can set up DNS automatically to the clients through that too. This would not have ever happened. > > But: > > (1) Why wasn't the network screen presented during installation? > Don't know. The installer does not account EVERY single piece of hardware in existance today. In fact, scrolling back through the list you will find I had some trouble with an Adaptec AHA1542CP SCSI adapter during install too. If the installer comes to the part where it checks for network, and the drivers aren't loaded, that's probably what happened. On my case, it got to disk druid and promptly told me I had no hard disk. Same thing. No drivers loaded for the adapter meant Linux had no way to detect the hard disk. Only some selected network adapters are probed at start-up. I never have any problems on PCs with Intel EtherExpress Pro cards for example, but I'm not sure the drivers for the USB Ethernet adapter are probed at install at all. > (2) Why wasn't resolv.conf set? I've actually ALWAYS had to set that manually. Are you sure this is supposed to be automatic? > Still bugs in the Redhat installer? Depends what you call a bug. I wouldn't call it a bug, just because of the fact that we are using hardware which is a bit more obscure than standard. Can you imagine if RedHat installer went through and probed for EVERY single device known today before continuing install? It would take an incredible amount of time, if accurate at all. HOWEVER having said that, I do have to say I certainly in my case would have preferred an extra screen before install. Most definately. Simply one which shows all detected hardware, then says something like 'Would you like to set up any additional devices?'. Then allowing you to pick from SCSI cards, Ethernet cards etc. etc. etc. THAT would in fact make my life much easier. But we can't have everything. Especially not at the price that's asked for it. > Anyway, thanks for your help and sorry to bother you... No bother - glad you got it sorted. Regards, Ed. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
