Vaibhav Goel wrote:
>
> Hello;
>
> I recently obtained and installed Debian 1.3.1 off the InfoMagic
> CD. It installs kernel 2.0.29. I then downloaded and
> compiled kernel ver 2.1.62 and 2.1.63 and upon booting
> I get the following error:
>
> SIOCADDRT: Invalid Arguement
> SIOCADDRT: Invalid Arguement
>
> After looking around for some time I determined, this
> problem occurs when the bootup procedure is executing
> the file /etc/init.d/network.
>
> Basically, I believe its a problem related to the Ethernet card.
> Its a generic 10baseT NE2000 card. The card is recognized
> fine on bootup and the module is compiled. I see the
> autoprobe coming back with the IRQ of the card.
>
> Below is what my networks file looks like. Can someone
> help me target the problem? When I boot with kernel 2.0.29
> that was installed with Debian, things work just fine. Am i
> doing something wrong while compiling the kernel?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Vaibhav Goel
>
> #---------------begin /etc/network
> #! /bin/sh
> ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
> route add -net 127.0.0.0
> IPADDR=204.69.208.4
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> NETWORK=204.69.208.0
> BROADCAST=204.69.208.255
> GATEWAY=
> ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast ${BROADCAST}
> route add -net ${NETWORK}
> [ "${GATEWAY}" ] && route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1
>
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Perhaps it lies on the unstable kernel you are using (ver2.1).
If you don't need any special feature from it, try downloading stable
version v2.0.32.
luka
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