Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 11:21:17 +0100 From: Dominic Marks <dominic_marks@btinternet.com> To: Stacey Roberts <Stacey.Roberts@aepona.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ADSL (Ethernet-based) use in the UK? - OT: boot probs - HELP! Message-ID: <20020424112117.A1810@host217-41-73-169.in-addr.btope> In-Reply-To: <3CC5367E.7030803@aepona.com>; from Stacey.Roberts@aepona.com on Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 11:25:02AM %2B0100 References: <3CC3D660.1010002@aepona.com> <20020422172153.A12602@host217-41-2-91.in-addr.btopenw> <3CC5367E.7030803@aepona.com>
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On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 11:25:02AM +0100, Stacey Roberts wrote: > Hi Dominic, > I actually got my ADSL connection up and running with no problems last > night. The connection never dropped all throughtout the night too. > > However, off topic, I believe I committed a major boo-boo this morning.., For my > initial connection, I configured DHCP on-the-fly, so to enable the NIC configs > over a reboot, I placed ifconfig an dhclient entries in rc.conf and reboot the > machine. like: ifconfig_sis0="DHCP" ? > However, the box cannot boot now :-( Just past the twirling baton, the screen > scrolls off with an error: "ifconfig sis0: cannot configure device" (approx) > > I think I might have placed the ifconfig and dhclient entires too early in the > rc.conf script???? > > Anyays.., the situation is, that I can't boot, rebooting to single user mode > (boot -s) doesn't help, all attempts to edit the rc.conf file returns a message > indicating rc.conf is "read-only".., Try re-mounting the / in read/write mode, you can do this like so: # mount -u -w / > Attempts at booting off disk2 fails as well.., I get "FAILURE"., then it resumes > the normal boot process.., which hits that ifconfig error.., > > Any ideas? I really would prefer not to rebuild.., > Hope that helps. > > Dominic Marks wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 10:22:40AM +0100, Stacey Roberts wrote: > > > >>Hi Dominic, > >> Thanks for taking the time to respond. > >> > >>I had a look through the archives for the mailing list, and found a couple of > >>interesting postings. However, I find the that old "everything's here except > >>what you are looking for" here. > >> > >>There's a thread on NTL cable access, and another on pricing across Europe, but > >>not a lot about people's actual experiences with ethernet based ADSL connectivity. > >> > >>I've found the same with the main FreeBSd mailing list to an extent as well.., > >>There's a lot on getting systems working with the Alcatel usb solution, but very > >>little in terms of setting up a DSL router with and ISP that uses PPPOA. > >> > >>I already understand that my server will talk PPPoE to the router, which then > >>talks over PPPoA to my ISP's router. I was simply looking for people's > >>experiences with this set up. > >> > >>Thanks anyways.., I'll troll the searh pages again. > >> > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/pppoa.html > > > > Covers everything. I should know, I wrote it. :) > > > > > >>Stacey > >>-- On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 11:59:04AM +0100, Stacey Roberts wrote: > >> > Hello There, > >> > My adsl application to PIPEX has just come through, and I'm hoping to > >> > learn of the experiences list members might have with using adsl with FreeBSD > >> > (4.5 Stable in my case). > >> > > I've got a bridge-router of my own that I plan to use, so it'd be great to > >>hear > >> > of any particular procedures/config options/gotchas that I might need to be > >> > aware of. > >> > > Thank you all for the time, looking forward to a healthy membership here. > >> > > Stacey > >> > -- > >> > Stacey Roberts > >> > Network Engineer - Infrastructure Support AePONA (England) Ltd > >> > E-mail: Stacey.Roberts@aepona.com Web: http://www.aepona.co.uk/ > >> > Phone: +44 1483 305 455 Fax: +44 1483 305364 > >> > > > ------ FreeBSD UK Users' Group - Mailing List ------ > >> > http://listserver.uk.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-users > >> > >>Look in the recent archives for the list. It's been discussed twice in > >>the last few weeks. > >> > >>-- > >>Dominic > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>Stacey Roberts > >>Network Engineer - Infrastructure Support AePONA (England) Ltd > >>E-mail: Stacey.Roberts@aepona.com Web: http://www.aepona.co.uk/ > >>Phone: +44 1483 305 455 Fax: +44 1483 305364 > >> > >> > > > > > -- > Stacey Roberts > Network Engineer - Infrastructure Support AePONA (England) Ltd > E-mail: Stacey.Roberts@aepona.com Web: http://www.aepona.co.uk/ > Phone: +44 1483 305 455 Fax: +44 1483 305364 > -- Dominic To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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