Re: Re: Network problems with testing using netinst CD-image
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On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 09:35:29AM +0200, Svante Signell wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 00:20 +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 11:35:59AM +0200, Svante Signell wrote:
> > > However,
> > > after finishing the crippled install without the network, the reboot made
> > > eth0 to work again. After the reboot the ifup/ifdown commands were available!
>
> Can you explain why ifup/ifdown is not available in the shell during
> install but after reboot? Is the ifupdown package part of the network
> install?
The install program is not a full blow system.
It doesn't use the very same utilities as an installed system.
> BTW: I did try the netinst CD several times both rescue and install,
> without any luck with the network.
> Another question: Why to go through the same menu in rescue mode as in
> install? Normally you want to fix things in a shell, like writing the
> MBR, check disks, edit fstab etc. In this case you don't primarily need
> the network!
I see the "It does NOT work as I expect it should do".
[1]
> > Please describe the hardware that you use. Especial the network hardware.
> lspci -v:
> 00:05.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 (rev 41)
Okay, it is a PCI device, that is better then I expected from the
original posting. ( the O.P. didn't tell anything about the hardware )
> The computer is a Compaq Presario 5670 with a VIA Nehemiah CPU.
> Kernels are 2.6.17-1-686 and 2.5.15-1-486 (netinst kernel). I was
> recommended to use the irqpoll option for the boot but did not have to
> use this switch before. This box has been running Mandrake Cooker for
> many years now but when the rpm database was trashed I gave up and
> switched to Debian (as for all the other 5 boxes at home).
Great! Five working boxes makes it easy to explain that
the non-working box is the odd one.
Where you were ranting^Wlooking for ping and other debug tools not
available, we forgot to speak about the tools that are available.
What says `ifconfig`, `lsmod` `lspci | grep Ethernet` inside d-i?
Cheers
Geert Stappers
[1] I could say 'sorry', I could say 'you are allowed to keep all the
pieces', but I have no time for a flame war.
Nor I have time to explain the design of (parts of) d-i.
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