Subject: Re: MacII EtherNet Woes (HELP!)
To: Adam Nicol Delu <abam@othello.sph.berkeley.edu>
From: Brad Salai <bsalai@cyber1.servtech.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/25/1996 23:24:22
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> On Wed, 24 Jan 1996, Tank wrote:
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> > Well, because there was no kernel level support for SONIC based ethernet
> > cards, I gave in and purchased a card that was on the supported list (The
> > Asante MacConi NB-10T), however, NetBSD now crashes during boot while
> > trying to mount the ae0 device. There is no error message, it just freezes
> > at the line:
> > ae0 at nubus0: address 00:00:94:60:e6:19, type MacCon NuBus-A, 32k Mem.
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> I used to get this error when I was running my IIci with a video card. I
> could run with the video card (but no ethernet). I could run with the
> internal video and the ethernet. But I could not use the
> external video and the ethernet card.
>
> Also, I needed a kernel that was happy about my internal video. . . .
> NFS kernel worked but no serial ports :-( Generic 50 kernel did the
> trick for me. Now I have my ethernet working, and internal video. My 16"
> E-machines video card is sitting on a heap of ISA scsi, ide, sound and lan
> cards in my home office:-(
>
> It's much faster to telnet into my 1.1BSD IIci from my powermac
> than it is to display on my IIci locally (X, dt, or console). I also have a
> color X server on my Mac and on my Linux machines, which is a bit more
> flexible (1278 x 1024) and easy on the eyes.
>
> Defnitely want to get it working.
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> > Can someone PLEASE help me get this thing running..... I figured by installing
> > a supported ethercard, I'd be able to "coast" through the rest of the
> > install, but.......
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> Not there yet. You'll still have to run ifconfig and set up your network
> services. I don't have a router so I'm just setting the NetBSD mac as
> the default router on my PowerMac.
>
> --Adam
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Has anyone gotten an ethernet card working on a MacII with a video card?
Since there is no internal video, the card is pretty necessary :)
Brad