[BUGS] probs.

[Jerahmy Pocott]

On 09/03/2008, at 9:49 AM, Edwin Groothuis wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 08:15:03AM +1000, munchausen wrote:
>> Jerahmy Pocott wrote:
>>> On 08/03/2008, at 5:25 PM, munchausen wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 2008-03-08 at 15:47, Glenn Mawby wrote:
>>>>> Baron,
>>>>> when the boots does you get a black screen with the words  
>>>>> login:  ?
>>>>> If you do then log in a type startx .
>>>> I formatted the disk and will try and re install.
>>>> M.
>>>
>>> If you aren't sure what to install, just pick the "install  
>>> everything"
>>> option (assuming you have a drive larger than 2gb). When it comes to
>>> disk slices etc, it's quite fine to just use the auto option and
>>> accept that defaults too.
>>> ______
>>     Yes, i was doing that but at no stage during the installation  
>> was I
>> asked
>>     about video card or monitor. I also am unsure about setting up  
>> the
>> network
>>    connection.  it was asking about "host,domain, ipv4 gateway,name  
>> server,
>>   ipv4 address and netmask" :-(
>
> That was after the "Do you want to use DHCP for network  
> configuration"...

Did you choose no to that option? Because it's quite likely selecting  
yes would have filled all those values for you..