On Thu, 2006-01-12 22:25:21 +0100, samuel desseaux <sam1975@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Does somebody could tell me the meaning of the following message that i > have at the beginning > ""Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packets > Lost carrier (transceiver cable problem?) > Cable -problem or twisted pair hub link-test disabled" > ?" > > what could i do? The box is probably trying to boot off the network server. So it'll need an IP address and a TFTP server. It tried to find its own address using RARP (Reverse ARP: the machine sends a packet with its MAC address asking a RARP server to reply with the desired IP address). Additional info is that there's also on carrier on the twisted pair (RJ45 ethernet interface), which is probably because there's no cable in it. So it really depends on what you want to do. Do you want to boot from disk? You should enter the OpenBoot Prompt (OBP) and "boot disk" instead of "boot net" or just "boot". Note that you can define a default device to boot off (though I don't remember the exact syntax, use the "help" to find out.) Do you want to boot off the network, eg. for installing the machine? Properly insert the network cable into the twisted pair / RJ45 ethernet port and use a network sniffer on the other side to explore on which way this box wants to boot. ...or do you want to do something else? MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg _ _ O für einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! | im Irak! O O O ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA));
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