Re: Problems installing on new iBook dual USB
>I had tried your guide too, Ethan, but it didnt work the same way Ron
>describes it here (on a TiBook).
>
>I had first tried with a pure bootp server, since OF should fall back to
>using bootp if DHCP didn't work. No dice...
>
>I then tried with a dhcp server, for which I got the same log entries as
>Ron. And it didn't want to netboot....
>
>Gave up on netbooting.... but I may try again with standards docs at
>hand and a sniffer to find out what's up.
There is a known problem that you may be encountering: one some
recent Apple boxes, when OF has used the gmac chip, it puts the
PHY in such a state that the kernel driver can't find it.
I beleive I fixed a problem with some GPIOs including PHY reset
in my latest rsync, it may (or may not) help.
Ben.
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