Hi Didi, I did exactly as you suggest except I added the ipfwadm commands to /etc/init.d/network itself. I love seeing my linux box get up over 100 days without needing a reboot so it was with some misgivings I simulated a power failure. All worked a treat.
Thank you! Patrick > -----Original Message----- > From: Didi Damian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, 10 July 1999 4:51 > To: Patrick Kirk > Cc: Debian User > Subject: Re: Power failure > > > Patrick Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > A fuse blew last night taking out the power supply to the > server with my new > > debian linux installation.:-( > > > > On reboot this morning, the second NIC wasn't present so I had > to modprobe > > /lib/...tulip.o, then ifconfig eth1, then route add, then > ipfwadm -F -p deny > > and finally ipfwadm -F -a m -S 10.0.0.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0. > > > > All works now. But what have I omitted to do so that the > server does all > > this on reboot automatically? > > 1. If you compiled your kernel with kerneld, the module will be loaded > auto-magically. If not, add it to the list of modules to be loaded on boot > with 'modconf'. > 2. Add the ifconfig command for eth1 at the end of /etc/init.d/network. > 3. If you're running kernel 2.2.x, skip the 'route add', the > kernel does the > routing on its own. If not, append the route statement to > /etc/init.d/network > after the ifconfig for that interface. > 4. Create a, let's say, 'ipmasq' script in /etc/init.d/ with all your > masquerading rules and insert it into the boot sequence (man > update-rc.d will > tell you how). > > I run potato but I suppose this should work w/ Slink too. If not, > please adapt > it. > > -- > D.Damian > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
