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Dana Merrick
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 Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:28 pm Post subject: Getting DCHP with no net connection. |
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I've managed to find a catch-22...
I need dhcpcd to get internet, and I dont know how to get it without a net connection. How would I go about doing this?
I know its a kinda stupid question, but all I need is a simple answer...
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Sorcerer'sApprentice
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| Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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Boot the livecd.
Let this configure your internet connection for you.
Chroot as you did during the install.
| Code: | emerge sync
emerge dhcpcd |
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Dana Merrick
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:05 am Post subject: |
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Wait, so, I do this. | Code: | mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo/home
mount /dev/hda4 /mnt/gentoo
chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash |
To get dhcpcd, I then did:
But, alas, I dont have internet without dhcpcd, and it wants to connect to get the files. Therein lies the rub, I guess.
I've also tried | Code: | | PKGDIR="/mnt/cdrom/distfiles" sudo emerge dhcpcd |
And many other similar things (like "-k") to no avail. I need more help.
Thanks a lot.
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Tahoe_Strider
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I'm a little unclear as to what you mean by not having a net connection. Are you saying that you have an ethernet card in your machine that is attached to an ADSL(or cable) modem/router but when you boot from the LiveCD you get nothing? Or do you mean that you simply do not have the hardware necessary to establish a net connection? Would you mind booting from the LiveCD and posting the results from "ifconfig", "lspci", "lsmod", and "route"?
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Dana Merrick
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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I figured it out. I didn't even need to boot from the livecd. | Code: | mount /dec/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom
cp /mnt/cdrom/distfiles/dhcpcd* /usr/portage/distfiles/
emerge dhcpcd -pv
(dhcp download is 0kb)
sudo emerge dhcpcd |
And thats it!
Thanks guys.
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