On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 12:29:37PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Hi folks. > > 1) The on-board Ethernet is not being detected by the kernel. This would > appear to be because someone assumed that the entire Quadra line used the > SONIC Ethernet controller, but according to several resources on the web, > such as <http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n16852>, the Quadra > AV's actually use the MACE controller (just like the PowerMac 7200; I know > that the Linux MACE driver works on that machine). Is there a kernel > command line option I can give (e.g., "eth0=mace" or something like that?) > to rectify this, or is the MACE driver even built for the 68k kernel? > I can at least compile it in in 2.2.19... Maybe you need to upgrade your kernel? > 2) I am getting *really* hard machine lockups during heavy disk access > (such as, say, a dpkg --unpack of every package auto-selected by dselect). > There doesn't seem to be Magic SysRq support in the stock kernel. I have > to take the machine down with the power switch, and both times this has > happened, the filesystem has been so f*cked that I had to fsck it manually. > I do realize that these boxes are slow, however, after the second apparent > lockup (dpkg --unpack mutt), I let the box sit for several hours just in > case it was busy thinking about the operation. No go. It really was > locked. > If you mac uses the mac53c9x driver for scsi you want to might want to add mac53c9x=1,0 (1 scsi bus) or mac53c9x=2,0 (2 scsi busses) to your boot command. The second does make my machine pretty stable (Quadra 950). Bye, - -- Alain -- - -- "Magazines all too frequently lead to books and should be regarded by the prudent as the heavy petting of literature." -- Fran Lebowitz
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