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sparc 2.2.8 report (dhcp problem + apt config suggestion)



Package: boot-floppies
Version: 2.2.8
Architecture: sparc
System: SparcClassic, 24MB RAM, 1GB HD, keyboard & monitor.

Hello Ben, I just tried your 2.2.8 sparc bootdisks (tftpboot install).
Worked almost but I noticed the following troubles:

1. DHCP cannot configure eth0.  My server is running dhcp-beta 2.0b1pl6-0.2
   running on a slink PC box, but it does not even log the usual BOOTREQUEST
   message I get using syslog.  Even tcpdump does not show any traffic ;(((
   I get "Automatic configuration using DHCP/BOOTP failed for eth0." message
   but pump is still running.

   Well, I managed to run pump manually from shell and got the next message:
   # /sbin/pump -i eth0 -h dizzy
   Operation failed.

   It seems there is something missing in the kernel, like af_packet module.

2. When configuring APT (http method), it asked me if I want non-US software.
   I asked positively because my local archive is mirroring non-US under
   dists/potato/non-US too.  However, apt tried to access non-us.debian.org web
   site but it was not available at that time because I'm on a private network
   without internet connectivity.
   Might be better to try access at same address (under frozen/non-US) then
   fall back to the non-US web site when not found.

Regards.

-- 
 Eric Delaunay                 | S'il n'y a pas de solution, c'est qu'il n'y
 delaunay@lix.polytechnique.fr | a pas de problème.   Devise Shadok.


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