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Network cards fail

See also SCO Kernel Link Failures

From: "Steve M. Fabac, Jr." <smfabac@worldnet.att.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc
Subject: Re: SCO old-timers give a hand please- SCO tcp services fail
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:06:31 +0100
Message-ID: <37BC8DF7.493EA69A@worldnet.att.net> 
References: <37BB444E.9D4ECED0@adm.com>
<37BC23C0.5D9B253E@adm.com> 

joeh wrote:
> 
> New info:
> 
> [a] the /etc/strcf script is failing on 'net1'
> Where does this link to?
> What does strcf depend on in terms of defining
> the device/interface?
> 
> [b] More than that, when i try to remove /add the interface
> in SCO's 'netconfig' the kernel rebuild fails; ks???gen failed
> to rebuild kernel.  So things are not in sync now.  It removed/
> added a device, but can't tell itself about it somehow, and
> yet part of the os is trying to find it.

Fought that dragon before.

Have a look in /var/opt/K/SCO/lli/5.0.5a/llimdi

If netconfig does not list your network card, delete the line
for in from llimdi. 

You may have to delete the following files/directoreis:
Note: this example uses e3H, use the correct identification for your
NIC:

/etc/conf/node.d/e3H
/etc/conf/node.d/net0
/etc/conf/pack.d/net0
/etc/conf/pack.d/e3H
/etc/conf/sdevice.d/net0
/etc/conf/sdevice.d/e3H

Test your modifications with kslgen (see man kslgen)

                                    Steve Fabac
                                     S.M. Fabac & Associates


> 
> SCO old-timers give me a hand please
> thanks
> 
> joeh wrote:
> 
> > Brand new machine- SCO 5.05
> > Have an HP Netserver where 2 NICs together were failing
> > SCO didn't seems to have anything that would actually spill the
> > PCI bus/device/function values; a consultant sent me a bootable
> > image and after i got those values i went into netconfig and
> > configured the 2 NICs (Intel Express 100 b + )
> > At boot time i no longer get the message "PCI scan fail"
> > Instead i get the mac address and the IRQ
> >
> > But things are still not working now.  Before where at least 1 NIC was
> > working, now both interfaces are not showing up in netstat -i.
> > Not only that, the loopback device is also gone!
> > All i see in netstat -i is 'atl0' device.
> >
> > I checked /etc/tcp and see that it has proper ifconfig statements.
> > The ifconfig call gives me 'ioctl SIGIOCGI...'
> >
> > Please:
> > [a] How can the devices be successfully scanned by the os with mac
> >         addresses and then disappear for ifconfig?
> > [b]  How can the loopback device be gone?
> >
> > Something has happened to SCO tcpip services.  Does anyone recognize
> > these strange symptoms?
> >
> > --
> > If possible please cc: response posts to joeh@adm.com as I do not always have
> > access to a news server; thanks!
> > Disclaimer: opinions expressed my own and not representative of my employers
> 
> --
> If possible please cc: response posts to joeh@adm.com as I do not always have
> access to a news server; thanks!
> Disclaimer: opinions expressed my own and not representative of my employers

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