Subject: Re: ipnat ipfilter: input/output error
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/03/2004 13:52:12
In article <200412031404.01477.misfeldt@gmx.de>,
Claus Misfeldt <misfeldt@frozenfrog.de> wrote:
>Am Dienstag, 30. November 2004 16:48 schrieb Timo Schöler:
>> > I recently upgraded from NetBSD 1.6.1 to 2.0RC5 (...I needed a driver
>> > that
>> > was not availiable before). I rebuilt Kernel and Userland and installed
>> > with built.sh. Now, when I try to use ipnat or ipfilter I receive an
>> > error
>> > message: "input/output error" Everything else seems to work.
>> >
>
>>
>> did you run MAKEDEV after updating? maybe ipnat/ipfilter require a
>> device which is not present (yet) on your upgraded system.
>>
>> please see man MAKEDEV (8)
>
>Timo,
>
>I'm quite shure the devices were rebuilt during the installation. Anyway I 
>executet a # ./MAKEDEV all. The needed devices are all in place (.../dev/ipf 
>and so on - I have no access to the machine while writing this, but read the 
>docs...)
>
>Still I get that error message...

What does 'ipf -E' print?

christos