Re: new bootdisks uploaded
On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 09:22:22AM +0100, Eric Delaunay wrote:
> 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 ?
>
No, it isn't. With the 2.2.x kernels there's no need to add a route anymore.
The kernel adds it automagically. If you are sure that you'll stay with the
2.2.x kernels you can comment out the 'route' commands in /etc/init.d/network
after installation.
If you leave the route commands alone it won't hurt. You'll only notice them
at bootup when you get the error messages otherwise it works fine.
See:
uname -a
Linux koenig 2.2.1 #1 Tue Feb 2 12:06:47 CET 1999 sparc unknown
$ uptime
11:06am up 3 days, 16:46, 6 users, load average: 0.01, 0.05, 0.02
Not too spectacular but I had to move the machine 3 days ago ;-)
Greetings,
Christian
--
Christian Meder, email: meder@isr.uni-stuttgart.de
What's the railroad to me ?
I never go to see
Where it ends.
It fills a few hollows,
And makes banks for the swallows,
It sets the sand a-blowing,
And the blackberries a-growing.
(Henry David Thoreau)
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