On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, David A. Gatwood wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 cruller@unicom.net wrote:
> 
> > The messages I got at boot were a little more clear.  It said the memory
> > was corrupt on the card.
> > I'm afraid the card might be aced!  Thanks for the help!  If you
> 
> Might want to reread the FAQ.  NIC memory corrupt just means that there's
> garbage stored in the memory.  This is frequently the case if it hasn't
> been previously initialized by the MacOS.  It's mostly a diagnostic
> message.

Another source of this message is if a packet was being received when we
made the switch from MacOS to NetBSD.

If the message ONLY happens once, during boot, you're fine. If it happens
repeatedly, then you probably have card problems.

Take care,

Bill