Subject: Re: -current install trouble
To: John F. Woods <jfw@jfwhome.funhouse.com>
From: None <seebs@plethora.net>
List: current-users
Date: 03/31/1999 22:51:07
In message <199904010258.VAA05507@funhouse.com>, "John F. Woods" writes:
>(2) Later, I tried an ftp installation (having brought the laptop home
> to where my build machine is). Unfortunately, this isn't working
> either: the laptop has a 3COM EtherLink III PCMCIA card, which appears
> to probe as "ep1", but when sysinst turns it on, it doesn't work;
> the little light on the ethernet connector blinks and nothing
> happens. (Almost nothing; it seems to transmit an ARP
> identification packet, but I don't know if it transmits anything
> else, and it certainly does not appear to receive anything. This
> might be broken hardware, I'll swap it for something else
> tomorrow...)
I've had trouble like this with lots of laptops, if/when they're not
sufficiently cold-booted. :(
-s