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From: Lee Burns <lee.burns@mosby.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.5 network interface configuration problem!
Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 09:22:49 -0700
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Have you looked in /etc/sysconfig ?  You can always edit it manually to
add in anything which did not get populated during the install.

All of the pertinent variables (hostname, IP addr) are defined there ...

Good luck ...

Lee Burns


Jeffrey J. Davey wrote:
 selection screen should come up, which isn't happening.  Therefore, I
can't
> set my host name, domain name, ip address, etc.
> 
> Is this a problem with the 2.1.5 installation utility?  Should I get the
> latest current release?  If so, what would that be?
> 
> Any useful information would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Jeff Davey