On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 03:34:18PM -0500, Evan DiBiase wrote: > Hey, > > I recently upgraded my SPARCstation2 from Debian potato to woody, which > seemed to work fine... until the power went out and it came time to boot > the system anew. Now, the system won't boot normally, and I have to boot > in "linux single" mode (that is, typing "linux single" at the SILO > prompt). The major problem here for me is what appears to be caused by > the following (seen during bootup, or, in fact, any time "ifup eth0" is > run): > > Configuring network interfaces: /etc/network/interfaces: Function not > implemented > ifup: couldn't read interfaces file "/etc/network/interfaces" > > This happens with basically anything in /etc/network/interfaces: this > error was generated with a completely commented-out file, but the same > error happens with a "working" file. > > What can I do in this situation?
What kernel version are you running? If I didn't know better, I'de say you have a pre 2.2.x kernel. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
