Can't get networking to function during install(SOLVED)

draksia · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2005 Posts: 9

I am having trouble getting the networking on sgi octane to work properly for installing gentoo. I know the hardware itself is working because the machine will boot the netboot image no problem. Its just nothing I do to setup eth0 works. I can change the ip, gateway and all that but it will work even when I do. I am not able to ping anything on my internal network or the internet. I have tried statically and using dhcp but niether works. When attempting dhcp it never finds the server to get an address from.

Any help would be greatly appriciated I have no more ideas to try and get this thing working.

adaptr · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:05 am Post subject:

What kind of NIC is in it ?
Did you see it loaded ?

draksia · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2005 Posts: 9

[/code]It is the onbaord nic on the sgi octane. Which is a 10/100 type.

When it loads the kernel you can see the eth0 get loaded. I can also ping the internal stack(127.0.0.1). It will also ping the ip address I set to sucessfully.

lsmod is not a supported command in the netboot kernel for sgi octanes.

ifconfig list the following if I set on ip address

bet1m · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 2:44 pm Post subject:

net-setup eth0 ?, or did you read the manual: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml
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draksia · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2005 Posts: 9

I have tried net-setup both the dhcp version and using net-setup 192.168.0.55 192.168.0.1 which should ip addr, and the gateway niether work.

I also tried using the ifconfig, route and editing the nameserver list methods thats mentioned in the handbook. The way it acts seems to me to be a problem with the network adaptor but I know its function because it downloads the netboot image no problem.

jmbsvicetto · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 3:00 pm Post subject:

Hi.

Are you sure that eth0 is your nic? It could be an IEEE1394 port.
Post the output of

draksia · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2005 Posts: 9

cat /proc/modules is also no functional

ifconfig -a list the same just ifconfig which I posted above.

jmbsvicetto · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 3:28 pm Post subject:

Did you mount /proc?

draksia · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2005 Posts: 9

attempting to mount proc gives me a failed: device or resource is busy

jmbsvicetto · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 3:53 pm Post subject:

If I've read it correctly, you're not using a Gentoo install-cd, are you? Can you use it or at least something like [k!g]noppix?
I'm under the impression that you're trying to install on an SGI system, is it so? Have you read the Gentoo manual for your architecture?
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draksia · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2005 Posts: 9

There is a live cd option for sgi octanes but I have not attempted to use it because for some reason I could not get the image to burn properly to a cd. Also I have doubts as to wether the old scsi cd drive I have actually works properly.

Knoppix is not an option because it only functions on x86 hardware not the mips that sgi's run.

I have tried everything listed in the handbook for the sgi mips install.

draksia · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2005 Posts: 9

Well I tried the live cd option but it is only function for the O2's not octanes so it didn't work.

I also tried the previous netboot image but it kernel panicked trying to load.

If any one has any other ideas please let me know.

draksia · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2005 Posts: 9

One thing I did notice is when the kernel loads it list eth0 as link down.

If the link never comes up this could be part of the problem.

Is there any way to check if the link is up or down.

Kumba

draksia · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2005 Posts: 9

Yeah I wasn't sure if this section or the alternative architectures was the right place for it. As of now I boot the previous netboot image and I am working on it for now.