From: Chris Hoogendyk (choogend@library.umass.edu)
Date: Tue Apr 23 2002 - 10:54:13 EDT
I'm going to ask this, because it has puzzled me since I first started
doing unix a couple of years ago.
Brand new E250. Fresh install of Solaris. Setup fails, saying, "name
server info is incorrect". I end up blowing by it (it gives me an option
to proceed) and then manually setting this stuff up in the several
different /etc files that have to be done.
I'm going to give all the steps, since I don't know what the cause is or
why this happens. I've abbreviated some things; put my entries in
quotes; and, where there were radio button choices, put the choice I
selected in quotes. I also put fictitious name & ip.
According to the Cisco switch in the room, the line is connected, live,
and running at 100MB/Full.
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power on.
pop out CD tray and insert Solaris 8 install CD.
at prompt, enter "boot cdrom"
format? "y"
swap slice? "5120"
beginning? "y"
ok? "y"
it takes some time copying mini-root to local disk & then reboots off
disk and gives webstart for install of Solaris 8
choose: "networked"
DHCP: "NO"
hostname: "ralph"
ip address: "192.168.1.1"
netmask: "255.255.255.0"
ipv6: "NO"
name service: "DNS"
domain name: "lab.umass.edu"
DNS servers: "128.119.166.14" <-- real
"128.119.175.14" <-- real
"128.119.40.12" <-- real
search: "lab.umass.edu", "oit.umass.edu"
timezone by: "geographic region"
region: "US", "eastern"
accept time: "yes"
root password: "whatever"
"whatever"
proxy: "direct connection to internet"
confirm summary: "yes"
it takes time setting stuff up & trying connections. then it puts up an
error dialog saying, "name server information is incorrect", and gives
me the option of proceeding or going back.
if I proceed, then I have to go in manually and fix the various /etc
files that define the network connection, and then reboot again.
TIA
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Chris Hoogendyk
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