Re: [9front] Need help with configuring the Internet

[ori@eigenstate.org]

> Hello, newbie here.
> 
> I've installed 9front for 64bit (I did the cross-compiling too), but
> there was some failure during "confignet", so the internet overall is
> not working (cat /net/ndb returns nothing).
> 
> I thought at that time that I can just run that later, but I am having
> trouble doing so. Also, since I just bypassed that part, I can't
> recall the message for it.
> 
> So my question boils down to :
> 
> 1. Can I run confignet again AFTER installation? If there is, can you
> point me to the right methods?


I've never done re-run the installer after installation, but it's still
around:

	ls /bin/inst/

Note that inst/confignet only sets some environment variables for
future steps to run, but doesn't actually save them. That appears to
be done in

	inst/ndbsetup

Inst/ndbsetup appends a line to /lib/ndb/local. On my system, that line
looks somewhat like:

	sys=meathoook ether=560001dbcf68
 
> 2. I am unsure of how I can diagnosis the network problem when the
> installation itself failed, so a direction of where to look might be
> nice.

Take a look at 'man ipconfig', which is used for configuring your
network cards. Running it manually should give you either a working
network or some errors that can be debugged.

> Re-installing won't really be a problem right now, as I haven't done
> anything that extensive in my current system. So I am considering that
> as an option, although I'm feeling a little bit too lazy for it.

You also learn more from fixing a broken system.

> Also, I'm new to mailing lists in general (I am not an expert
> programmer and my current job is to write Javascripts for a web
> page...), and this is basically my first mail to any mailing lists, so
> please understand if I'm doing something wrong.

Nope. Nothing wrong.

> Anyways, thanks in advance! I'm looking forward to tinkering with my
> new 9front system :)
> 
> Thank you,
> Joonhyeok Yeom.