--- Sque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 09:49 pm, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > <snipped the hopeful bit> > > > And just now with the edited Realtek extention I > have > > an illegal instruction bomb at startup, click > > Restart and it freezes. Joy. :P > > Any chance you removed the mac standard ethernet > extensions before trying the > Realtek extension? just to rule it out.
Yes, dropped it in a minimal freshly installed OS 9.1 System Folder that didn't have the Apple network extentions installed. > > Next step I suppose will be to edit the IDs in the > > extention from D-Link (or check them in the one on > > the CD that came with the card) and see if one of > > those DOESN'T blow things up. > > How much bearing on things are these ID's? I have no > idea. Me either, except for the text files that come with both the D-Link and Realtek extentions insist they must match the ID in the card's ROM. The Card's ID is pci1045,c861 The ID in the driver on the CD included with the card is pci1186,1301 The updated D-Link driver ID is pci1186,1301 Now why would D-Link insist that the card and driver ID must match, then supply the extention with an ID that _doesn't_ match? OK, now testing minimal 9.1 System Folder with: Unedited updated D-Link extention = trashes something so bad it won't boot even with the extention removed. Unedited originally supplied D-Link extention = exactly the same thing as the updated one. Unedited Realtek extention = empty Bomb box and total freeze. For each test I trashed the System Folder then copied the System Folder (which works fine) from the second hard drive, dropped the extention in and (attempted to) reboot. Looks like time for an e-mail to D-Link asking for an explanation of why this card does not work in a Mac when it (this very same card) works fine in a PC. Bah, now it's giving me a bus error. Now it froze when booted off the 9.1 CD. Heck with using this card in this Mac! ===== "When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins." Hiro Protagonist __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac-N-DOS list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
