SUMMARY: ethernet troubles..

From: Linda Lancki (linda@atlas.chemistry.uakron.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 07 1993 - 16:09:22 CDT


i wrote:

> Help.. Somehow our ethernet configurations got messed up on our file server.
> I know how to fix the problem but I've been unable to boot the machine even in
> single user mode without getting into an infinite loop of it trying to use the
> ethernet.. Why is this so?? I should be able to boot single user mode to
> fix the problem.. Does anybody have any suggestions?? This is somewhat of
> an emergency considering this is our file server..
>
>
> configuration: Sparc10/30, SunOS 4.1.3

well, the general consensus was to load miniroot via cdrom, mount the
filesystem and fix the problem.. many thanks to the following for their
quick/precise responses..

glenn@uniq.com.au (Glenn Satchell - Uniq Professional Services)
leigh grundhoefer <leighg@cs.indiana.edu>
rogerio@jessica.bvl.pt Wed Oct 6 15:44:00 1993
bwalker@hns.com (Bill Walker)
Chris_Baldwin.DlosLC@xerox.com Wed Oct 6 09:39:26 1993
stern@sunne.East.Sun.COM (Hal Stern - NE Area Systems Engineer)
irene@ntep.tmg.nec.co.jp (Irene Bermiso)
Barney Quinn <barney@sgi50.wwb.noaa.gov>
mkabot@treestump.TreeWare.Com (Mike Kabot)
glenn@lightning.nsc.com (Glenn Newell)
poffen@augusta.San-Jose.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
rnapholz@PICA.ARMY.MIL
Mark Glidden <mglidden@service2.omnet.com>
mvw@il.us.swissbank.com (Mike Wagner)
Elmar Kurgpold <ekurgpol@Law.USC.EDU>
Dan Stromberg - OAC-DCS <strombrg@hydra.acs.uci.edu>
David Fong <dsf@NSD.3Com.COM>
kuhn@math.harvard.edu (Robert M. Kuhn)
Richard J. Niziak <rickn@copley.com>
David Sansom <david@camscan.co.uk>
mgh@bihobl2.bih.harvard.edu (Michael G. Harrington)



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