I'm trying to install Debian 1.1 and can't seem to get the loopback device configured. At boot up the error:
SCIOADDRT: Invalid argument appears when the /etc/init.d/network script runs. The offending line in this script is: route add -net 127.0.0.0 ifconfig reports (output below) that the loopback interface does not have the inet addr that I expect it to have (nor the one that it had under Debian 0.93R6, BTW). Any help or pointers appreciated. Mike. Here's the output from ifconfig: lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:255.255.255.255 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 [which used to read: inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 ] UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 eth0 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:24:0D:08:7E inet addr:xxx.yyy.zzz.164 Bcast:xxx.yyy.zzz.191 Mask:255.255.255.192 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1074 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 TX packets:135 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 Interrupt:5 Base address:0x300 Here's the current /etc/init.d/network script: #! /bin/sh ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 route add -net 127.0.0.0 IPADDR=xxx.yyy.zzz.164 NETMASK=255.255.255.192 NETWORK=xxx.yyy.zzz.128 BROADCAST=xxx.yyy.zzz.191 GATEWAY=xxx.yyy.zzz.129 ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast ${BROADCAST} route add -net ${NETWORK} route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1 And, FWIW, here's the 0.93R6 /etc/init.d/network: #! /bin/sh # network: establish the network connection. # $Id: network,v 1.1 1995/02/19 20:29:29 imurdock Exp $ # Configure the loopback device. ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 route add 127.0.0.1 # Configure the ethernet device or start SLIP/PPP below. IPADDR="xxx.yyy.zzz.164" # Your IP address. NETMASK="255.255.255.192" # Your netmask. NETWORK="xxx.yyy.zzz.128" # Your network address. BROADCAST="xxx.yyy.zzz.191" # Your broadcast address (blank if none). GATEWAY="xxx.yyy.zzz.129" # Your gateway address. /sbin/ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast ${BROADCAST} /sbin/route add -net ${NETWORK} /sbin/route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1