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sarge install



Hello, 
I have been helping a friend install a debian sarge system with the new beta 4 
installer and have come across a strange problem.  The system installed 
perfectly. The first time it rebooted, it just kept rebooting.  I instructed 
him to manually partition the system with a small boot partition first and 
reinstall the system.  This worked fine. 
The problem is that the system works and can contact the outside world and can 
ping things etc.  When another machine on its local network tries to ping it 
or contact it in any way it just times out. I can see the icmp echo req's 
coming into the debian box but it does not reply.  It is a default install 
with no manipulations at the moment. There are no firewall rules and the 
machine can ping other machines.  
Has anyone come across this problem?  Is there more information I can provide 
that will help?  Have I completely missed something obvious. 
Thanks
Alex 



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