From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 25 20:58:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA00169 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 20:58:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA00127 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 20:57:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA00832; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 20:57:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 20:57:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Roddie Hasan cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sup woes.. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 25 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 '? Sounds like your > > computer thinks it's nameless. > > It looks ok, here's a transcript: > > /home/roddie$ host 207.92.170.109 > Name: lon-on1-45.netcom.ca > Address: 207.92.170.109 > Aliases: > > Any clues? 1) check /etc/hosts, make sure you have all the names for your computer noted. 2) try using ' dig -x any any' to get the full record and make sure everything in there looks sane. 3) make sure your computer's name matches up to the nameserver address. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major