Re: new bootdisks uploaded

[Eric Delaunay <delaunay@lix.polytechnique.fr>]

John Chapman wrote:
> I've just tried the new tftpboot-2.2.1.img.2.1.8.1-sparc image on an LX;
> alas, although the keyboard input now works, setting up the network fails
> at "route" (I tried it by hand; ifconfig works, but "route add -net
> 192.168.1.0" fails with  SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument).
> 
> I also tried a serial console tftpboot on an SS2, and get the same error
> at the same place.

I always got this message with 2.2.1 kernel, but since the installation was
working fine for me, I didn't dig into the problem.
It could caused by the netbase package.  AFAIK slink is no fully ready for 2.2
kernel support.
Is it critical for installation ?

> This was the image from lix.polytechnique with the timestamp Mar 1
> 23:09:00 1998 (sic!)  Was this perhaps not the correct image?
> 
> The "normal" 2.1.8 image from last week works beautifully, though :-)
> The installation is very easy indeed.  Well done!

Thanks :)

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