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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!vtc.tacom.army.mil!agis!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.netrix.net!dial25.netrix.net!user From: kyle@montanamall.com (Kyle Dennis) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: HELP!! 2.0.1 UPGRADE/NETWORK PROBLEMS Date: Wed, 01 Nov 1995 11:32:23 -0600 Organization: MontanaMall Lines: 43 Message-ID: <kyle-0111951132230001@dial25.netrix.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial17.netrix.net I recently tried to install 2.0.1 from the new boot & root diskettes along with the cdrom that was shippped to us with the 2.0 version we purchased. I have no documentation(the little greeen & white manual which came with 2.0 or any docs for the upgrade) and am fumbling in the dark. I have started fresh installing from the 2.0.1 diskettes and original cdrom. I did not install the WWW or DNS server packages. After the first installation, I followed their little set-up script inputting standard configuration for an ethernet network. After completing the set-up I rebooted. The machine hung when it got to the sendmail daemon for about two minutes then continued to boot. It returned the error cannot find host(serv.montanamall.com) which is my host name. I could not ping any machines including my own. I could not telnet any machines or m,y localhost. ifconfig showed that the interface was up and running. I tried another machine on the ethernet port and it worked fine. I re-installed the BSD totally writing over the old file systems. This time I broke from the set-up script to a shell. I ran config_netstart and configured the necessary parameters for the ethernet interface. When I rebooted the machine booted much quicker and did not hang at the sendmail daemon. I could then ping myself telnet my IP adress and telnet localhost. I still could not ping any other machines on the local network. ifconfig again showed that my interface( ef0) was up & running. after checking all of the man pages for associated commands I gave up and totally re-installed again from the 2.0.1 diskettes writng new file systems over the old. I follwed the set-p script and the machine now hangs at the sendmail daemon. I have a 3COM 3509B ethernet card using a 10Base-T connection. Do I need to upgrade other parts of the BSD operating system? I have two other upgrade disks: Utilities & Xaccell. I mounted the Utilities upgrade and read the README file. It did not seem like any of the patches were related to the network portion. What am I doing wrong?? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. I now step down off my soap box! :) kyle@montanamall.com