mac classic with scsi-ethernet?
Saturday, October 24 1998 10:51, wb2oyc wrote to Udo van den Heuvel:
wo> I don't know for sure, but I wouldn't expect them to be supported,
wo> since most internal on board ethernet's are not working yet either!
Argh! So it's even a bit worse than I exptected...
wo> The on board ethernet's do work, on most Mac's, under NetBSD, but
wo> are not yet working with MacLinux.
And there's no way of using or looking at the netbsd source?
Reverse engineering macOS drivers is OK? Doubt it.
wo> Interestingly enough, I see quite a variety of error conditions with
wo> this since I have many Mac's here, and the symptom's are quite varied
wo> across them.
Hmmmz. So the ethernets that have some kind of support aren't working quite
stable. :-/
wo> Ie, their just not working yet! Not on any of my availabe Mac's
wo> anyway.
Currently I only have a classic but soon I'll have a clasic II for the linux
stuff. I need to get some disk(s) to replace the original 40/80M disks and
(re)install macOS 7.0.1 on them.
Are there any problems with larger (1GB+) disks in classic macs? (like the
weird pc 1024 cylinder limit, IDE 520Meg and other stuff)
When macOS is working I can try Linux on the clasic II; I understand that I can
write some floppies to boot from and that an install is basically possible but
what about the problem Fumio.Chisaka <chisaka@upu.wlw.co.jp> reported about
the installation messages being too wide for a 9" monitor?
Is there a way to fix this? Maybe the font size (using something like vga= on
the pc) or just tell the kernel (?) the screen is less than 80 collumns wide?
(like tset -Q for terminals)
Or is there a HOWTO for a complete installation (after booting and mounting the
CD) without the normal menu based install procedure?
I have some linux experience but a guideline is always useful.
When the system is working, what parts of the machine (kernel!) need testing or
improvement? I am quite new to macs but a portable linux system can be quite
handy especially when the network _is_ supported!
I mailed techsupport at aesp.com to ask about the protocol on the SCSI bus for
the Focus SCSI-Ethernet adapter, I hope (but doubt) they will provide some
info.
Greetz,
Udo
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