[Server-devel] fresh 0.6 install

[Martin Langhoff]

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Tim Moody <timmoody at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> In the end I've decided to try another fresh install.

Good to see that itworked well!

> I think my main problem was in assuming that if a second nic is present in
> the box, that the install would configure it for the lan even if there is
> nothing connected to it, since fc picks it up as present.  (Still seems like
> a desireable feature to me if possible)

But that assumption is strictly right. Something else had gone amiss
in the first install.

I normally install my XSs with nothing connected to the LAN port, and
then I decide what I'll plug there (switch, direct conn to an AP,
etc).

cheers,



m
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