By pre-creating a ifconfig, I managed to solve my unknown host problem 
on 3.0 without requiring a serial cable.
I've also ended up with a basic custom restore cd for my qube - which is 
a bonus. And it was easy enough for a newbie like me to do.

Thanks for giving me the idea Rowdy.


Jorg.




Rowdy wrote:

> Peter Fröhlich wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
> <snip>
>
>>
>> - I get the "unknown host [0.0.0.0]" message that many people seem to
>>  have reported. So far I could not get rid of that, but I assume it
>> will go away once I assign a fixed IP address.
>
>
>
> Does anyone know why this happens?
>
> One thought I had is that if the i386 box (that had been running the
> restore CD) is powered off before the /etc/ifconfig.tlp0 is created to
> assign a fixed IP address to the Qube/Raq, and without another DHCP
> server on the network, the appliance would not be able to find an IP
> address.
>
> But there are too many reports of it happening apparently straight after
> the installation, and most ppl probably would not have had the
> time to turn off the i386 box.
>
> Is it worth it, does anyone think, to pre-create a /etc/ifconfig.tlp
> with a class C IP address like 192.168.1.1 (or any other reasonable
> default)?  Would that cause more problems than it solves?
>
> Rowdy
>
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