Newbie Installation Questions

thomasps
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Newbie Installation Questions

Postby thomasps » Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:59 pm

Hello everyone. I'm installing Amahi and have some issues as well as questions:
1. Installing Fedora-12-x86_64-DVD.iso on a AMD Athlon X2 3200+ The install seems to go fine until it's time to reboot. When I reboot from the local HD, it says to press a key to reboot. If I reboot from the CD/DVD it wants to go through the installation process. So I don't know what to do. Am I even using the right distro?

I have a question regarding DHCP. I understand the ideal setup is to disable DHCP on my router end and let Amahi handle that for me:

2. I am using DD-WRT. If I disable DHCP on the DD-WRT, will all the other features work? (e.g. custom DNS, firewall)
3. Currently all my devices are assigned a static IP from DD-WRT. Will I be able to assign a static IP to my devices in Amahi's DHCP?

Thanks-

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radioz
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Re: Newbie Installation Questions

Postby radioz » Fri Feb 18, 2011 2:16 pm

For #1, it sounds like you still had the DVD in the drive. When you reboot, remove the disk first.

thomasps
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Re: Newbie Installation Questions

Postby thomasps » Fri Feb 18, 2011 2:18 pm

For #1, it sounds like you still had the DVD in the drive. When you reboot, remove the disk first.
I tried... that's when it asks to press a key to reboot and goes into a loop

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Re: Newbie Installation Questions

Postby thomasps » Fri Feb 18, 2011 2:20 pm

For #1, it sounds like you still had the DVD in the drive. When you reboot, remove the disk first.
Ok I played with the BIOS settings and now it works! Once problem solved.

Anyone can share their knowledge on my other questions?
Thanks

livesonwater2632
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Re: Newbie Installation Questions

Postby livesonwater2632 » Fri Feb 18, 2011 2:24 pm

You can assign static IP addresses from the Networking tab of the dashboard. The other features of your router should still work correctly, unless you are using the router as a DNS server. You might want to check out:
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Networ ... Static_IPs
and
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Changi ... S_provider if you want to use Amahi with a custom DNS.

thomasps
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Re: Newbie Installation Questions

Postby thomasps » Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:20 pm

You can assign static IP addresses from the Networking tab of the dashboard. The other features of your router should still work correctly, unless you are using the router as a DNS server. You might want to check out:
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Networ ... Static_IPs
and
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Changi ... S_provider if you want to use Amahi with a custom DNS.
Perfect, thanks for the references. I never had to disable dhcp; I see there's a number of options to disable dhcp on ddwrt, anyone knows which is the most appropriate?
Also, my router already has open dns addresses. Do I just leave that as is?

Oh one more question, what is the process to add HD as I go along?

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Re: Newbie Installation Questions

Postby livesonwater2632 » Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:14 pm

For dd-wrt, you will want to choose "DHCP Forwarder" and type in your server's IP address from the basic setup page on the setup tab. As for adding a second HD, http://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Adding_ ... o_your_HDA.

You can find a ton of information in the wiki for setting up apps/ advanced configuration.

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