On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 12:01:02AM -0500, armcc@lycos.com wrote: > Peter Teichmann wrote: > > > > It seems that this is a problem with kernel 2.4.27-bast. I just > > created a bug report (Bug#274517). I was, however, able to do a > > network install ... > > Do you mind posting a log or giving some hints on what exactly > you did ?? I can't seem to get ABLE to even bring up an ethernet > interface: > > >ifconfig -a > dm0 HWaddr 00:01:3d:00:01:04 > ne0 HWaddr 00:01:3d:00:01:05 > > > ifconfig ne0 192.168.1.100 up > looking for net.ne0 > ne0: error reading address ensure you have ABLE 1.98 or better (http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/EB2410ITX/resources.html#firmware) versions prior to this did not have a proper ifconfig command. Here if I want to do a *static* configured IP address I would use: >ifconfig ne0 192.168.7.101 tftpserver 192.168.7.1 looking for net.ne0 >(tftpboot)moo and that seems to work fine. Mostly I use dhcp so teh ifconfig command doesnt botehr me much. > > Does the error refer to the IP address on the command line ?? > Or the MAC address ?? Or perhaps the IO address of the ASIX > ethernet chip ?? Who knows... > > (ABLE != much_fun_to_use). Report the bugs to simtec, they seem responsive for me in the past. -- Regards Vincent
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