Need help with DHCP3

Forum: Networking
Topic: Need help with DHCP3
started by: Rhino

Posted by Rhino on May 22 2005,02:15

Hi to all that are reading this,

First up the obligatory Great work guys, but I do mean it this program is great, Linux < 64mb for use on CF cards! just the perfect thing for doing small embedded projects like the one that I am undertaking. Which is...... a small DHCP server that can access a larger network through WIFI that allows a secondary smaller network to access the net.

So after all that what is the problem you ask? I can't get DHCP3 working! I have searched all over this forum and found a great howto here :
< http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....l=dhcp3 >
which answers all my question in 15 lines except I have these problems -

1) dpkg-restore, Requires me to be on the net? Which I am
not.
2) apt-get, I have done the full HD install but when I type it
in to bashbox I get - 'bash: apt-get: command not found'

Is there any other way of getting DHCP3 up and running or can someone help me out with getting the previously stated way of working?

Thank you for any and all comments.

p.s. does anyone know how to remove the splash screen from DSL when it boots into X?

Posted by cbagger01 on May 22 2005,16:42

dpkg-restore is the script that will restore the Debian package management system to DSL via network download.

dpkg must be restored in order to use apt-get or dpki -i commands.

However, you can do this offline by downloading the dsl-dpkg.dsl extension from the myDSL repository and saving it to permanent storage like a CD, USB drive, zip drive, or hard drive.

Then open emelfm file manager, highlight the dsl-dpkg.dsl file and push the myDSL button inside emelfm. And you are back in business.

You can then install any saved debian package (*.deb files) with this command:

sudo dpkg -i name_of_file.deb

You can remove the splash screen by adding a "#" character to the beginning of the dillo line inside your /home/dsl/.xinitrc file

Good Luck.