On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 10:04:52AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > First problem: Couldn't use Enter Key to install. This was fixed by using > Mirko's suggestions in FTPing the older version of boot floppy.
known problem, hopefully being worked on. > Second Problem: During the install I was asked to partition my disk. Took > me about two hours to figure out how to use it. First I would initialize > the disk to wipe out the old MAC partitions. If I am correct, 2048 Blocks > = 1MB. Based on that number I was setting up my partitions. However, the > partition software (not sure what program is called cfdisk?) was reading > my harddrive as a 509G drive. Interesting knowing that it is only 2.1G. I > may need some help in this situation or may even be the cause for the next > problem. the program is mac-fdisk, the 509GB problem is also known, see my mac-fdisk howto at http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/doc/mac-fdisk-basics.txt it explains a workaround to that issue. do not leave your disk partitioned as 500GB that is a corrupt partition table and will probably cause you problems. > Third Problem: Once partitioning was accomplished?, I downloaded the .tgz > files and used the CDROM drive to install the Base and drivers. However > this is where the problem comes in. I get to installing drivers and it > asks me for a floppy. Well, I insert driver-1.bin and keep getting errors. > "ioctl fdflush failed (not fatal): Unknown error 515," <Continue> then > get, " This is disk 1 of 2 in the drv14pmac series of 22-Nov-2000 12:31 > EST. Wrong Disk. This is from series drv14pmac. You need disk 1 of > series the driver series." not sure about this, first i assume you mean floppy drive not CDROM drive. sounds like the floppies are defective is my first guess. > Forth Problem: During the setup It allows me to configure via the Network > as well. When choosing this option I use DHCP and the MAC gets its IP > address. However, can't ping beyond its own address. I am the network > engineer for this site so I know all the settings are correct. ifconfig > shows that all information is correct and eth0 is up and DNS and domain > name are correct as well. sounds like your not getting a default gateway from the dhcp server. run /sbin/route to see if the default route is set/correct. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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