> Some Asante cards don't work properly when connected to a 10/100 hub or > switch (the 10/100 hub switch doesn't seem able to negotiate the speed > correctly). Try using a 10Mb hub or switch and then uplink the 10MB > hub/switch to your router.
I've heard of mixed success using this method. If after exploring all my options with the Apple card, it still doesn't work, then I'll pick up a cheap hub off of ebay and give it a try. > Some of the sonic cards don't get shut down by MacOS properly in some > cases. A solution that works for some is to disconnect the network > cable before booting Linux and plug it back in after Linux starts. It doesn't look like this did the trick. I re-installed potato last night and every subsequent boot gives me the following results regardless if the network cable attached or not: Checking for internal Macintosh ethernet (SONIC).. none. sonic.c:v0.92 20.9.98 [EMAIL PROTECTED] eth0: Apple Ethernet LC Twisted-Pair Card in slot E eth0: revision 0x0101, using 16 bit DMA and register offset 0 MAC 00:05:02:52:ba:d5 IRQ 61 Instruction fault at 0x00006de4 BAD KERNEL BUSSERR Oops: 00000000 PC: [<00006de4>] .....more follows Not the kernel panic I was getting earlier, which I believe happened after attempting different kernels, settings etc. > > I've read today that the latest 2.4.20 kernel has support for the > sonic ethernet card. I'll try that next (if I can get my cd-rom to read > my discs..grrr). I haven't had much success with the 2.4.x kernels so > far, so I'm not holding my breath with this one either. > > > 2.4.20 doesn't boot on any Macintosh that I'm aware of. The last 2.4 > kernel to work to my knowledge was 2.4.1 which worked fairly well on my > IIfx until it's ancient disk crashed. No luck getting my old cd-rom to read the disk I made with 2.4.20 anyway. I'll try with 2.4.1 and see what happens. One question regarding using a different kernel when installing. I've done it before, but I end up missing modules. Where can I find the latest kernel & modules to use to replace the ones from the potato install images? Thanks, Brad
