No Network from USB installation

Forum thread started by ITY on Thu, 2012-07-05 16:20

R1 Alpha3
ipro100 compatible network card (on-board) Dell Dimension PC.

When I boot from a Haiku LiveCD I have a network connection confirmed by surfing in the Webpositive application (browser).

After installing Haiku to an 8GB USB stick, all appears fine except I have no Network Connection. The Network Control Panel shows no settings (blank).

Question: How do I install ipro100 drivers? or is there an underlying problem relating to my USB stick installation?

PS What a great OS, I love it. And it is a pleasure to finally be able to run the BeOS after waiting for many years. Many thanks to all involved in this excellent project.

‹ installed haiku, now can't boot from usb net_server and media_server fighting for resources? ›

Comments

Re: No Network from USB installation

by Diver - 2012-07-06 11:22

Try to remove these two files:
/boot/common/settings/network/interfaces
/boot/common/settings/network/wireless_networks

Also I suggest to use the latest nightly http://haiku-files.org/haiku/development

Re: No Network from USB installation

by ITY - 2012-07-06 13:45

Thank you for your response. Neither of those two files (folders?) exist on my USB install. The Network folder just has "hostname", "resolve.conf" and "services" files in it. Perhaps I should delete those? Am I trying to force a new configuration?

To use a nightly, do I burn to a fresh (formatted) USB stick and then add all the packages, or can I overwrite my existing USB installation, I'm a little confused as to the easy way to implement a nightly with minimal disruption. I will be experimenting as we speak...

Ian

Re: No Network from USB installation

by ITY - 2012-07-06 22:52

OK it's fixed.

Don't ask me how, I don't know. Maybe just weird, but after the last re-boot the network appeared and I have internet access. It is now using the ipro 100 NC driver.

I'd still like to know what the best way to install a nightly upgrade is though? If anyone can talk me through that?

Many thanks

Ian

Re: No Network from USB installation

by humdinger - 2012-07-07 04:22

Hi Ian!

ITY wrote:

I'd still like to know what the best way to install a nightly upgrade is though? If anyone can talk me through that?

It's really quite simple: Put the nightly anyboot image onto a USB stick with "dd if=/path/to/anyboot of=/dev/disk/usb/0/0/raw bs=1M" (adjust paths of course). Boot it. Start the Installer and have it copy it all over your existing Haiku installation. The home folder will be merged, i.e. existing files are kept.

I've been doing it like that for some time, though I use images built myself, already containing all optional packages I need. You may have to re-install optional packages manually, i.e. with "installoptionalpackage" from Terminal, if some don't work any more.

Anyone stumbled over not up-to-date packages in this way?

Regards,
Humdinger

Re: No Network from USB installation

by ITY - 2012-07-09 13:59

Many thanks Humdinger. Your technique makes sense, I'll give it a go.

.... and I'm going to need to, as my Haiku has lost it's network again, I spoke too soon!!!!
The Dell Dim