From: Andreas Busse (andy@resi.waldorf-gmbh.de)
Date: 06/30/93


From: andy@resi.waldorf-gmbh.de (Andreas Busse)
Subject: Re: ifconfig & net2 & 0.99.pl10 problem!
Date: 30 Jun 1993 12:54:26 GMT

In article <C9EDKI.41s@JH.Org>, ss@JH.Org (Steve Steinberg) writes:
|> I've upgraded SLS 1.01 to 0.99.pl10 and net-2. I can't get
|> ifconfig to work. If I give the first ifconfig command of:
|> /etc/ifconfig eth0 192.246.1.2
|> i get:
|> SIOCSIFADDR: Invalid Argument
|> SIOCGIFFLAGS: Invalid Argument
|> SIOCGIFFLAGS: Invalid Argument
|>
|> Also, shouldn't there be a /proc/net? If I try to run netstat
|> it says:
|> /proc/net/tcp: No such file or directory
|>
|> any ideas???
|>
|> Thanks in advance,
|>
|> steve
|> --

That looks like you don't have an ethernet card. Do you have one ?
If not, don't try to configure "eth0", configure "lo" only.

Andy