Setting up network during the install?

[ninja]

Is it possible to setup my cable modem account during the gentoo install process? I am an Australian telstra bigpond customer are there any other bigpond customers out there that can help?

[+BroNNoS+]

I'm not sure if you in down-under are using the same setup for connecting as here up in the flatlands, but if it's by DHCP then it's a breeze.

[ninja]

telstra uses dhcp but with other distros i've had to use a login client called bpalogin but i can't use it durning the install process so i don't know what to do

[acidreign]

Belive me, ive been asking telstra to put it on their publicly accessable server, no joy, seems like they dont like putting anything on dce-server.state.bigpond.net.au.

The only way i have found is to copy it onto a floppy disk (zug) or on a cdrom.

Alternately, you could scp it from another gentoo box during the install, which is how I do it.

I know that you are not the only one with this problem, I am sure that Australian Linux Users would greatly benefit from having bpalogin on the build CD. (hint for daniel robbins!)

[entropy]

Belive me, ive been asking telstra to put it on their publicly accessable server, no joy, seems like they dont like putting anything on dce-server.state.bigpond.net.au.

The only way i have found is to copy it onto a floppy disk (zug) or on a cdrom.

Alternately, you could scp it from another gentoo box during the install, which is how I do it.

I know that you are not the only one with this problem, I am sure that Australian Linux Users would greatly benefit from having bpalogin on the build CD. (hint for daniel robbins!)

You may want to submit a bug report at http://bugs.gentoo.org to have this added to the install cd.

[russell]

Yes, bpalogin would be a very nice addition to the CD