openSUSE 10.2 installation: Hostname and domain name
I have gotten to the part of the openSUSE 10.2 installation where it asks for a Hostname and a domain name. I do not know what this means or how to set up these options. In past versions of SuSE, I don't remember even seeing this screen:
Hostname ______
Domain name ______
Change Hostname via DHCP (checked/unchecked) (default value is unchecked)
Write Hostname to /etc/hosts (checked/unchecked) (default value is checked)
In other distributions that I have installed, such as Debian, at the suggestion of people on this board, I have just given a random name for the Hostname and left the domain name blank. However, on this distribution it won't let me proceed if I leave the domain name blank. openSUSE is asking for a name that "consists of components separated by dots."
I don't think this computer is ever setup as a server. It is a laptop that I carry around, so it is often connected to different internet connections, sometimes with wifi, sometimes with ethernet, sometimes with dial-up.
Last edited by General; 06-12-2007 at 10:25 AM.
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