on 12/5/99 9:03 PM, Matthew Reilly at mjreilly@flashcom.net wrote:

> Here is what ifconfig -a gets:
> 
> de0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> address: 00:80:19:44:3f:d9
> media: Ethernet autoselect
> inet 192.168.0.6 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
> de1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> address: 00:80:19:44:3f:b5
> media: Ethernet 10baseT
> status: active
> inet 192.168.0.6 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
> lo0: flags=8009<UP,LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 32976
> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
> sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 296
> sl1: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 296
> 
> This is after trying to install and failing when sysinst tries to ping
> the nameserver. Note that both interfaces have the same IP addy because
> I tried one in sysinst and then when it failed changed to the other. de1
> seems to be the one connected to the network. Any clues? Anyone?
> 
> cheers, 
> 
> matthew

    Offhand I would guess that arp and rarp are not overly pleased with
having two MAC addresses with the same IP number, much less the same
hostname. I've never tried it before so I don't know if it does or should
work. Try doing an ifconfig de0 and ifconfig de1 and see if it lists status:
no carrier for de0. If it does, than the link is down for that card. The
interfaces are marked up, but the link could still be down. Checking netstat
-i wouldn't hurt either. I spent about an hour trying to install by nfs on
my 5000/25 and it just would not mount. I tried this with numeric IP numbers
and hostnames. What I did to make it work was:

    Get to where you select the install sets. Hit control-z to suspend
sysinst. Check your ifconfig statements and make sure they are active and
configured properly. Then NFS mount the remote file system to /mnt2. Type fg
1 or fg %1 to bring sysinst back to the foreground. Then pick local
directory from the list and select /mnt2. Just an idea.


    Chris


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