Re: sparc 2.2.8 report (dhcp problem + apt config suggestion)
Eric Delaunay <delaunay@lix.polytechnique.fr> writes:
> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: 2.2.8
> Architecture: sparc
> System: SparcClassic, 24MB RAM, 1GB HD, keyboard & monitor.
Um, you know, you didn't actually submit this as a bug...
> 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
[...]
> It seems there is something missing in the kernel, like af_packet module.
I'll let Ben handle this.
> 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.
Well, firstly, I don't really understand this. Secondly, please submit
it as a bug against base-config.
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