mfoley |
08-09-2017 11:18 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alien Bob
(Post 5745825)
Try running the command "network" after booting into the installer.
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Thanks, but that doesn't do it. `network` allows me to probe for a card/driver and install the driver module, but it doesn't actually solicit an IP address from a DHCP server. I was already that far and had my NICs showing as configured. After finding and possibly loading the driver, the `network` script advises to then run the `setup` program, but that configures rc.inet1.conf on the to-be-installed hard drive.
That's not what I'm looking for. I don't want to actually INSTALL Slackware on the hard drive. I want to restore a backed-up system to the hard drive from the network, so I'd like to get a network connection when booted from the installation DVD.
Without a network connection, I have to copy the backup file to a USB and plug that into the DVD-booted computer. That is doable, and that's how I've always done it, but it's inconvenient.
Is there a way to connect to a network when booted from the installation DVD?
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