Random Gentoo problem Please help ASAP

[exeqt]

hey everyone
i have 2 problems with my current Gentoo linux 2004.3
linux installation, i have two current problems i was hoping i could get help
with
1. This error i recieve at startup
"Some local filesystem failed to mount" (gee thats specific :P)
2. I cant get internet access, and need to configure the nameserver and the gateway, this is a comp receiving shared net access from windows comp

i would be extremely greatful if anyone could be of assistance

exeqt 05'

[variant]

the first problem is probably not that important, take a look at the /etc/fstab file which contains a list of all filesystems which will be mounted at boot, if there is one in that that does not exist or for example the cdrom might be listed with "auto" (mount automaticaly at boot time) then that would cause that error - not to serious though as long as the system boots up!

the second problem is a bit harder, i dont use windows directly but i belive you can set up ICS (internet connection sharing) under windows and then run a DHCP client under linux to automaticaly detect and configure the ip/DNS/gateway on linux.

If you know the nameserver/gateway/IP that you want the linux comp to use then you can set that up with the ifconfig and route command (ifconfig not ipconfig)

"ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 up" "route add default gw 192.168.0.0" and the nameserver would go into /etc/resolv.conf

Hope this is of some help!

[Dachnaz]

You probably use DHCP for your internet settings. Go into Gentoo then, as root, use

nano -w /etc/init.d/net

and change the line that says eth0 (or whatever your connection should be) to say

eth0="dhcp

That should do it, hope it helps.

[exeqt]

thanks you guys for helping me
ive managed to get everything working and compared to the configuration
i had problems with when i posted here, this is skittles :P
gentoo is powerful but can be quite painstaking if you dont know nix
quite knowledgeably beforehand

once again thanks

exeqt
FortifiedWare 05'