On Mon Oct 22, 2001 at 09:02:49AM -0500, EXT-Bellers, Chris wrote: > Package: boot-floppies > Version: 3.0.15 (2001-10-08) > Severity: grave > > > Busybox, or a dependancy, appears to be broken in this version of the > woody-powerpc root floppy. > On my Power Mac 7300/180, the system boots from the boot floppy, and I can > see that the MACE ethernet drivers come up. > > When the "Configure the Network" options is selected, the network hardware > will not configure with DHCP, giving the generic message "The network failed > to initialize using DHCP". > > The network interface can be manually configured. > > When a shell is invoked, ifconfig shows that the card is properly > configured. > > ping <any host> results in a segfault. > wget <any URL> results in a segfault. > > Obviously, http installations immediately return an error code as there is > no network connectivity.
I just logged into a powerpc box and compiled up busybox. Everything seems to work as expected... I wonder if library reduction on powerpc is perhaps broken? -Erik -- Erik B. Andersen http://codepoet-consulting.com/ --This message was written using 73% post-consumer electrons-- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
