From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jun 16 13:16: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from relay.ucb.crimea.ua (relay.ucb.crimea.ua [212.110.138.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7500914C0C for ; Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:15:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ru@ucb.crimea.ua) Received: (from ru@localhost) by relay.ucb.crimea.ua (8.9.3/8.9.3/UCB) id XAA28529; Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:12:37 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from ru) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:12:37 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Thomas David Rivers Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.2 SL/IP Install - can't get ifconfig to work... Message-ID: <19990616231237.A26665@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> Mail-Followup-To: Thomas David Rivers , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199906161936.PAA06539@lakes.dignus.com> <199906162005.QAA06745@lakes.dignus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <199906162005.QAA06745@lakes.dignus.com>; from Thomas David Rivers on Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 04:05:41PM -0400 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [Redirected to -stable] On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 04:05:41PM -0400, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > > > > > I don't seem to be able to get 3.2 to do a SL/IP > > install (this is for a laptop which seems to be > > having PAO problems...) > > > > Turning on DEBUG in the install options, I can watch > > it nicely execute: > > > > ifconfig sl0 inet 10.0.0.98 10.0.0.99 netmask 255.255.255.0 > > > > but - not matter what - that always seems to fail with: > > > > ifconfig: ioctl(SIOCAIFADDR): File exists > > > > does anyone have a clue why the ioctl for the sl0 > > ifconfig would fail? (Perhaps the sl psuedo-device > > is missing from the kernel?) [I'm guessin the > > 'File exists' is left-over stuff in errno, as the > > ioctl(SIOCAIFADDR) message seems to be the result > > of perror().] > > > > - Thanks - > > - Dave Rivers - > > > > > > > Just to add to my own mail... > > After the ifconfig "fails" (and the slattach succeeds) - it seems > that SL/IP is actually working. From the server box (this is a > straight-through null-modem connection) - I can ping the box I'm > trying to install. Also - under the shell on VTY4 - I can mount_nfs > the server's CDROM drive... so - the network is actually working... > Although ifconfig has a non-zero return code. > > I tried doing an "ifconfig sl0 down" under the emergency shell > on VTY4 - but that didn't seem to change anything; every ifconfig sl0 > comes back with "ioctl(SIOCAIFADDR): File exists". > What does ``ifconfig -a'' show? > I think I can hack-around in sysinstall to get past this; but, > something should be done before 3.3. > > - Dave Rivers - -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message