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 :) -- Eric Delaunay | "La guerre justifie l'existence des militaires. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | En les supprimant." Henri Jeanson (1900-1970)

