Re: MACE on a Q840AV

[Ray Knight <audilvr@speakeasy.org>]

Pat Plummer wrote:
> 
> I'm a newbie to mac68k Linux, but not to linux in general. I have
> Yellowdog Linux up and running famously on an iMac DV SE 400. I
> previously had BSD 1.5 the Q840AV box outlined below, but thought I'd
> try doing Linux instead.
> 
> I've done a minimal install of Debian 2.2/potato on a:
> 
> Quadra 840AV
> 32 meg RAM
> System 8.0
> 67 meg Mac Partition
> 62.5 meg swap partition
> 566 meg root partition
> 
> via macinstall.tgz.Official Debian 2.2 m68k
> CDs are on the way in the mail.
> 
> The MACE ethernet interface is not being recognized by the kernel and so
> I cannot use this to connect to other boxes on my internal network or to
> the net via my iMac router. MACE is listed as supported via the kernel.
> Am I missing something simple or hould I wait for the CDs to do a more
> complete install?
> 
> Pat
> --

The kernel on the Debian Potato 2.2 disks does not support the Mace
Ethernet.  In fact MACE Ethernet was only recently fixed.  Try either
the 2.2.17 or 2.2.18 kernels from the Source Forge website:

For 2.2.18

http://download.sourceforge.net/linux-mac68k/vmlinux-2.2.18-20010105.gz
http://download.sourceforge.net/linux-mac68k/modules-2.2.18-20010105.tar.gz

For 2.2.17:

ftp://linux-mac68k.sourceforge.net/pub/linux-mac68k/kernels/andrew/vmlinux-2.2.17-112900.gz
ftp://linux-mac68k.sourceforge.net/pub/linux-mac68k/kernels/andrew/modules-2.2.17-112900.tar.gz

Either one of these kernels should have working MACE ethernet drivers.
-- 
Ray Knight
audilvr@speakeasy.org
1983 XJ900 Seca