Re: SPARCbook 3GX install problem: cannot access binary distribution sets

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> Next I booted from the floppy and attemped to configure the ethernet 
> interface via dhcp.  this failed with many broadcasts for DHCP DISCOVER
> I dropped to the shell and assigned it a static IP of 192.168.0.56 based on 
> the subnet which should have worked.  I verified that this IP was not taken.
>  
> it still was not able to ping the gateway at 192.168.0.1 which other 
> machines on the network were able to do.

When configuring network on SPARCbook systems, you need to explicitely
force media as 10base5 (ifconfig le0 media 10base5).

Miod