On 12/06/00 at 19:37 Corey Popelier spake the following magic words: >Umm, two aspects I can think of: > >(1) in kernel 2.2.x -net isn't required at all iirc, so route add >127.0.0.1 lo should be enough. >(2) I would have thought the route should be 127.0.0.0 not 127.0.0.1 >... my /etc/init.d/network says 127.0.0.0 but don't take that for gospel. > >Cheers, > Corey Popelier > http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas > Work Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Mark wrote: > >> On boot up, when my system executes the network init script, it gives the >> error: >> >> SIOCADDRT: Invalid Parameters >> >> the network script contains: >> >> ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 >> route add -net 127.0.0.1 lo >> >> It's crashing on the "route add" bit. Shouldn't it be "route add -host" >> instead of "-net"?
Hmm, ok, but the networks file is stock, set up by the debian install. I have upgraded the kernel from 2.0.38 to 2.2.15 - would this be the "route" of the problem? -- Mark Herrick - Liverpool - England mark at blacksky dot co dot uk Pick two: Good, Fast, Cheap ______________________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Control Centre. For further information visit- http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp
