Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 12:31:17 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Sourav Ghosh <sourav@modern.art.cs.cmu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with freebsd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980224123000.26338J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199802232202.RAA00245@modern.art.cs.cmu.edu>
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On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Sourav Ghosh wrote: > I have 2 Dell dimension XPSD300 ( Pentium II, 300Mhz) PCs , each with ~6.3GB > hard disk. I installed everything well. Both were working fine until today > when I tried to reboot one machine after making some changes in the network > configuration, and now I can't get past the 'F?' prompt. Um, ok. Did you shutdown the system properly last time you powered off? > But the other machine of the same type is working fine even after reboot. I > checked your FAQ about this problem but it seems unlikely that there is a > problem with the Disk geometry since another machine of the same geometry( same > BIOS settings)& the same freebsd(2.2.1) is working perfectly well(from where > I am sending this mail). Try booting your partition from the floppy. > I have another PC which has PPP network interface(for modem). > This machine for some reason fails to communicate with other FreeBSD machines > through telnet or ftp. In both the cases, it halts after it gets 'connected' > and after sometime the connection gets closed. Sounds like the routes aren't getting added. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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