General & specific use of bsdinstall for post-installation fix.

[jaymax]

Can bsdinstall be used to change, fix or repair a post-installation OS; specifically a network issue.
Yes, editing the netconfig file may suffice but one is never sure if this covers all the entries required.

Thanks!

 

[scottro]

There probably is a command to bring back that section of bsdinstall, but I don't know it. In the interim, (till someone who knows it answers) , you can almost certainly easily configure the network interfaces from the command line.

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/config-network-setup.html is the handbook section that describes it and you can probably get what you want at section 11.5.2, Configuring the Network Card.

Depending upon your specific case, this may be sufficient, and (importantly) easy.

 

[Phishfry]

bsdconfig networking is a similar ncurses tool for network setup. bsdconfig is the parent.

 

[SirDice]

Yes, editing the netconfig file may suffice but one is never sure if this covers all the entries required.

There's only one file you need to edit, /etc/rc.conf.

 

[scottro]

Ah, bsdconfig is the one I was thinking of, thanks, Phishfry