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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Roddie Hasan <roddie@ki.net>
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Subject: Re: sup woes..
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On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, Roddie Hasan wrote:

> I'm trying to get the latest kernel sources to see if I can get my
> ATAPI/IDE CDROM going and I'm coming up on an error when I try to use sup
> to do it.  Here's a typical session:
> 
> mofo# sup -v supfile
> SUP 9.26 (4.3 BSD) for file supfile at Sep 23 22:30:20
> SUP: Can't find my host entry
> 
> Now, I know that supfile is valid since it's from a friend of mine that
> uses it all the time.

What happens if you do 'host <your IP address>'?  Sounds like your
computer thinks it's nameless.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major