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, -- Svante Signell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
