On Jun 1, 3:26 pm, "t...@io.com" <t...@io.com> wrote: > On Jun 1, 12:41 pm, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> > wrote: > > > > > On Jun 1, 2011, at 10:06 AM, t...@io.com wrote:
> > Start the Console App, and click on the 'More Logs' button. > > > This should let you see the system log which *should* include all the boot > > messages. > > > There *might* be a boot log in /private/var/logs (one of the possible > > collections of logs > > in the 'More Logs' section. I cannot remember if this was present in 10.2 > > or not. > > > Both can be searched for the '8169' string. > > > Alternatively you can hold down command-V whilst booting to get the verbose > > start up > > and watch carefully for things mentioning the card. > Thank you, Bruce. I will investigate these avenues this evening and > report back. Perhaps I'll also try a different PCI slot and pull the > USB card (far fetched, but unlikely to hurt). Okay, I tried pulling the USB card and also tried moving the 8169 to slot c1 with no joy. I opened the console and clicked on the log button, but there was no mention of the 8169 in there. I also found a list of logs (or events?) in System Profiler, but none of those was relevant either. I may have missed the "more logs" button, but I think I would have clicked on it if it was there. I forgot about checking /private/var/logs. Also forgot to boot up in verbose mode. Should have done that. Sigh. But I didn't want to put hours and hours into it again. I have firmly reminded myself that this exercise is to speed the transfer of data off of the machine, not to become an expert at installing 8169 cards. So, it occurred to me.... The 8169 works great in OS9. The files are all available and visible in OS9. I'll just boot into OS9 and transfer the files off of the machine, over my network, and to the Mini, while the Beige is booted into OS9. :-) QED. OS9 might be slower than OSX at network activity (is it?) but the Mini only has a 10/100 port anyway. So with the Beige slinging data at gigabit, and throttling down to 100 at the switch on its way to the mini, I imagine the Beige in OS9 will give me as good of performance as the other bottlenecks can take. Then I can store or dispose of the giant Beige and the tiny little Mini will become the household iTunes server. Yea. Perhaps some day I'll revisit this issue out of curiosity. Darn it. The 8169 ought to work, and it bugs me that it doesn't.... Thank you, Bruce. Jeff -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
