On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 08:30 -0400, Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN wrote:
> What does ifconfig show??
If I could enter commands on the notebook I would not be here asking.
I wrote that there is no os installed on the notebook. I want to
install Linux but there seems to be a file missing on the pcmcia
bootdisk.
So how can I try 'ifconfig'?
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> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 6:42 AM
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> Subject: [expert] Notebook install via ftp
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>
> Hi,
>
> got a notebook w/ a broken cdrom drive. But it has a pcmcia network
> adapter and all I had to do is buy a cross-over cable to connect.
>
> Made the pcmcia bootdisk.
> Notebook boots and asks for the data (IP, domain, etc).
> Then it tries to get to second stage but fails because no connection
> to server.
> On VT 4 I see that cardmgr has loaded the proper modules and declares
> eth0 as ready to go.
> But: issueing the command 'network start eth0' it fails with:
> 'network: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/if-up not found'
>
> AFAIK this command is used to give eth0 the IP and to initialize it
> (or something that way). So what can I do? This file should be on the
> boot disk, or not?
>
> BTW: There is no os on the notebook.
>
> wobo
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