Re: network install problems on 7200/90
This is the problem which I mistakenly labeled as "the MACE driver
being completely broken". And since I last tried using it, I
speculated that pump was the culprit. Now I'm glad someone confirmed
it.
The problem does indeed exist in kernel 2.4.2.
Adam
On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 11:33:29AM -0700, Peter Canning wrote:
> My experience (using a PowerMac 7300) is a mixture of these two experiences.
> What I have seen, using a 2.2.18 kernel I built myself, is:
>
> (1) if I configure /etc/network/interfaces to use a static IP address,
> networking works great,
> (2) if I use dhcpcd (I have to get the deb from potato since its been
> obsoleted in woody), networking works great,
> (3) if I use pump (the only DHCP clients available in woody AFAIK),
> networking doesn't work. Pump appears to configure the network correctly
> (from what I can see using ifconfig and route), but when I try to ping my
> router/dhcp-server/name-server (a 3COM OfficeConnect ISDN lan modem), all
> the returned packets appear to get dropped (at least cat /proc/net/dev
> shows lots of dropped packets), so ping fails completely.
>
> It seems to me that it can't be the kernel that is at fault, since it works
> fine configured statically, or using dhcpcd. It seems to me that dhcpcd
> must being doing something different than pump. My personal preference
> would be to see dhcpcd un-obsoleted, and to make it the DHCP client used in
> the install disks and base images. Until somebody can figure out how to
> make pump work, I don't see why dhcpcd should be obsoleted.
>
> - Peter Canning
>
> PS: I haven't used a 2.4 kernel yet, so I can't comment on that.
>
> At 12:03 AM 3/31/2001, Andrew Sharp wrote:
> >MACE seems to work "fine" on all my old worlds: 7200/75, 7600/200,
> >8500/200MP. 2.2.18pre21 and 2.2.17. I'm using the TP port.
> >
> >a
> >
> >
> >Adam Goode wrote:
> >>
> >> Yes, I have had this problem. The short answer is: MACE is completely
> >> broken in recent 2.2 and 2.4 kernels. It seems to be able to send 1-2
> >> packets before failing with "lost a status word". These few initial
> >> packets allow DHCP to work ok, while everything else fails.
> >>
> >> I don't know how to fix it, although I remember using MACE on Linux
> >> fine back in 1998 (don't ask me which kernel!), and NetBSD and Mac OS
> >> work fine.
> >>
> >> Perhaps this will spark some discussion to the root cause, as I would
> >> like to use Debian on my old 604-upgraded 7500!
> >>
> >> Adam
> >>
> >> On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 12:19:56AM +0100, Martin Hedenfalk wrote:
> >> > Hi all!
> >> >
> >> > I'm trying to install Debian on my 7200/90. After getting a
> >> boot-floppy that
> >> > recognized my keyboard (2.2.19, 2000-11-22), I was able to boot into the
> >> > install program. Now I wan't to get the drivers/modules from the network.
> >> > eth0 (MACE) is configured ok and the default route is ok, but I'm
> >> unable to
> >> > ping anything except my own IP. And, yes, the cable is plugged in.
> >> Networking
> >> > worked in MacOS.
> >> >
> >> > Has anyone had the same problem?
> >> >
> >> > thanks in advance / Martin
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Martin Hedenfalk <mhe@home.se>
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> >> > --
> >> > Farnsdick's corollary:
> >> > After things have gone from bad to worse, the cycle will repeat itself.
> >> >
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