Question on network setup

Question on network setup

[presotto]

If /bin/ndb/cs can't figure out the name of the system, its because
it can't find the ether or IP address in /lib/ndb/local (or couldn't
open the ether device).  Clearly you think you've done this.  Could you
send me the relevant lines from /lib/ndb/local?

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From:	rwolff@noao.edu (Richard Wolff)
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When my 486 boots, it prints out an error message that I need to
edit /ndb/local and reboot.  Having done that many times, it's clear
something else is wanted.  Also, /ndb/cs does not set sysname and the
local tcp network isn't available.  However, if I tell ip/ipconfig what
the ip address of my machine is by way of a command line argument, the
/ndb/local error message goes away, the network is accessible, and I
just have to mount #P and poke some routes at iproute.

Is there something I should do so the initial setup (aside from the routing)
happens automagically as the error message seems to imply?  (Gateway 486,
enet board WD8013EPC)

Richard

Question on network setup

[Richard]

> When my 486 boots, it prints out an error message that I need to
> edit /ndb/local and reboot.  Having done that many times, it's clear
> something else is wanted.  Also, /ndb/cs does not set sysname and the
> local tcp network isn't available.

problem resolved.  Don't use uppercase hex digits in setting
'ether=nnnnnnnn'   in /lib/ndb/local.

Question on network setup

[Richard]

When my 486 boots, it prints out an error message that I need to
edit /ndb/local and reboot.  Having done that many times, it's clear
something else is wanted.  Also, /ndb/cs does not set sysname and the
local tcp network isn't available.  However, if I tell ip/ipconfig what
the ip address of my machine is by way of a command line argument, the
/ndb/local error message goes away, the network is accessible, and I
just have to mount #P and poke some routes at iproute.

Is there something I should do so the initial setup (aside from the routing)
happens automagically as the error message seems to imply?  (Gateway 486,
enet board WD8013EPC)

Richard