Re: Network problems with testing using netinst CD-image
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 10:30:33 +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
>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.
OK, it is here the udebs come in, right?
>> 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]
...
>Great! Five working boxes makes it easy to explain that
>the non-working box is the odd one.
What do you mean?? I've been running various GNU/Linux distributions
like Redhat, SuSe, Mandrake/Mandriva and Debian and I like Debian best.
That is the reason for having Debian on all boxes.
>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?
Started the d-i in rescue mode and configured the network manually and
all works properly! Very strange. However, when things did not work I checked
both ifconfig and lsmod and all was OK then too!
BTW: lspci is not available in d-i, at least I could not find it.
>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.
Seem that this question has been raised before. What is the primary
use of the rescue mode in your opinion?
Thanks,
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Svante Signell
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