On Tue, 06 Aug 2002 00:47:58 -0700
Harry Putnam <readernewsguy.com> wrote:

> Booted from 31b, successfully worked my way thru the fdisk, disklable
> terrain. But could not configure a network. Ifconfig and route show
> indicated all was well, but no ping would work of any servers or even
> the inhouse gateway.

Well, that very same ifconfig, route & arp output might help us find the
problem.
 
> Ok, I had 3.0 install media I purchased quite a while back so booted
> off that. Network configured with no problems at all.
> Connect to the Canadian server at 3.1 distro
> ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.1/i386/
>
> I get the `following sets availabel for extraction blah blah'
> filename, list, all, or done
> []bsd

This is expected. 3.0 install media are hardwired for etc30.tgz,
comp30.tgz etcetera. Even if you point it to the 3.1 directory on the
FTP servers this is still no-go.

Here's a usefull hint:

* Download 3.1's bsd.rd
* copy it to /
* reboot
* at the boot> prompt, type bsd.rd to boot the ramdisk

It's explained in the FAQ, this will stop you fiddling with floppies and
provide more drivers then the floppies do, and will make upgrading
all-around a more plesant experience.

( http://badlands.rug.ac.be/faq/faq4.html#bsd.rd )

// nick

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