[ale] OT: Weird Solaris stuf

[Jerry Z. Yu]

	amen.
	the only I like is the EEPROM, which is accesible from serial
console.
I know efforts are on the way to render the BIOS accessible to
serial console for Linux servers, but, the setup is kind of odd and/or
drastic for me to follow.

 On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Ken Nagorski wrote:

#Hi there,
#
#Thanks... I got it. I see how it works now. I also see why I like linux...
#
#Thanks
#Ken
#
#> Robert is right. hostname.InterfaceName contains the hostname for the
#> interface (hostname.InterfaceName) to be brought up.
#> /etc/hosts has the ip for the hostname. /etc/inet/netmasks has the
#> netmask information for the subnet of that host.
#>
#> An optional file people may add to designate default gw.
#> /etc/defaultrouter
#>
#> On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Robert L. Harris wrote:
#>
#> #
#> #
#> #Look in /etc for hostname.hme0:2 and the like.  Another possibility
#> #would be to grep for hme0 in /etc/init.d AND /etc/rc*.d and look for a
#> #script that manually brings up each interface.  I've seen both
#> #configurations.
#> #
#> #
#> #Thus spake Ken Nagorski (kenn at refriedgeek.com):
#> #
#> #> Hi,
#> #>
#> #> OK. I am totally confused. I have been left in charge of a couple of
#> solaris #> machines... I know this is not a linux question. Actually we
#> are turning one #> off and replacing it with a Linux machine....
#> However in the meantime we #> need to move apache to the other Solaris
#> box. I found apache and all that I #> just can't seem to find out how
#> it brings up the secondary interfaces, like #> hme0:2 for instance. I
#> thought I found it when I found this.
#> #>
#> #> -----------From isp-solaris at isp-solaris.com------------------------
#> #> # Get the list of network interfaces to configure by breaking
#> #> # /etc/hostname.* into separate args by using "." as a shell
#> separator #> # character, then step through args and ifconfig every
#> other arg. #> # Set the netmask along the way using local
#> "/etc/netmasks" file. #> # This also sets up the streams plumbing for
#> the interface.
#> #> # With an empty /etc/hostname.* file this only sets up the streams
#> plumbing #> # allowing the ifconfig auto-dhcp / auto-revarp command
#> will attempt to #> # set the address.
#> #>
#> #> interface_names="`echo /etc/hostname.*[0-9] 2>/dev/null`"
#> #> if [ "$interface_names" != '/etc/hostname.*[0-9]' ]; then
#> #>         (
#> #>                 echo 'configuring network interfaces:\c'
#> #>                 IFS="${IFS}."
#> #>                 set -- $interface_names
#> #>                 while test $# -ge 2; do
#> #>                         shift
#> #>                         if [ "$1" != "xx0" ]; then
#> #>                                 addr=`shcat /etc/hostname\.$1`
#> #>                                 /sbin/ifconfig $1 plumb
#> #>                                 if [ -n "$addr" ]; then
#> #>                                         /sbin/ifconfig $1 inet
#> "$addr" \ #>                                            netmask +
#> broadcast + -trailers u #> p \
#> #>                                            2>&1 >/dev/null
#> #>                                 fi
#> #>                                 echo " $1\c"
#> #>                         fi
#> #>                         shift
#> #>                 done
#> #>                 echo '.'
#> #>         )
#> #> fi
#> #> ---------------end /etc/rcS.d/S30rootusr.sh-------------------- #>
#> #> Now. I thought yes, that is it but when I look at for instance
#> #> "/etc/hostname.hme0:2' All that is in there is a domain name. Does
#> it do a #> lookup on it or something. Uhg, now I know why I am a linux
#> user... #>
#> #> Thanks
#> #> Ken
#> #>
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Jerry Z. Yu					+1-404-262-8544 (O)
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