default net-setup isn't robust enough for this.

[madtomkidd]

I have slackware running on my laptop. I can hit the net and do all sorts of stuff through slack, but i wanted to give gentoo a try.

I downloaded the 1.4rc2 iso for amd XP processors and am trying to get things running from here.

i do an lsmod and it shows my "natsemi" module lodaed

Then, if i do the net-setup or dhcpcd i get nothing.

With slack, i have to specify a hostname and domain then dhcp does the rest. What files can i edit/create in gentoo to add this information.

From reading the install doc, I pretty much have to get this working before I can finish the install... so any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

[Sven Vermeulen]

You can specify hostname during installation with dhcpcd. The domainname should be handed out by the DHCP-server. You can force this with -D:

[madtomkidd]

I tried setting this up like this:

dhcpcd -h uhastbx-laptop eth0

no dice.

tried the above with -D after the laptop and before the eth0

still no dice.

I know with Slackware, it's funny about how it connects to our network and I have to specify the domain name. i wasn't able to find that anywhere in the man pages.

The steps for slackware's netconfig are:
host name : uhastbx-laptop
domain: mydomain.com
dhcp? : yes
nameserver: (let dhcp figure it out)
probe my card : natsemi module
save.

I'm guessing there is something different, so I can't just straight up copy files (i've tried finding some from slack to copy, but can't find the right ones)

more help?

Can I just install since I got the whole GRP disk and set this up later?
I kept getting messages saying that I needed to do an emerge to update some tables and such.

help? please?

[Sven Vermeulen]

Try to give you the fully qualified host- and domainname as hostname: