Re: Ethernet Card Recognition under PPC 8.2 on OldWorld G3

2003-07-26 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le ven 25/07/2003 à 13:43, Stew Benedict a écrit : > You shouldn't have had to unstuff anything. The only thing I stuffed in > MacOS is the "Mandrake Linux Install.Sit". Everything else was created > under Linux and should be ready to use. > Ah. OK, then I unstuffed the img file for nothing

Re: Ethernet Card Recognition under PPC 8.2 on OldWorld G3

2003-07-25 Thread Stew Benedict
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Alex Thurgood wrote: > Le jeu 24/07/2003 à 17:55, Stew Benedict a écrit : > > > > Still using the installer "stuff". There should be system kernels and > > initrds in the BootX folder on the CD - no? (memeory is fading on 8.2, and > > I don't have a disk handy). > > Yep

Re: Ethernet Card Recognition under PPC 8.2 on OldWorld G3

2003-07-24 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le jeu 24/07/2003 à 17:55, Stew Benedict a écrit : > Still using the installer "stuff". There should be system kernels and > initrds in the BootX folder on the CD - no? (memeory is fading on 8.2, and > I don't have a disk handy). Yep. I copied these (well I had to unstuff the img initrd file

Re: Ethernet Card Recognition under PPC 8.2 on OldWorld G3

2003-07-24 Thread Stew Benedict
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Alex Thurgood wrote: > Le jeu 24/07/2003 à 14:51, Stew Benedict a écrit : > > > Ahh, > > > > Seems we all overlooked the obvious. This is the core of all your various > > issues with network, sound etc. You're booting with the installer kernel > > (BOOT is the clue, alt

Re: Ethernet Card Recognition under PPC 8.2 on OldWorld G3

2003-07-24 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le jeu 24/07/2003 à 14:51, Stew Benedict a écrit : > Ahh, > > Seems we all overlooked the obvious. This is the core of all your various > issues with network, sound etc. You're booting with the installer kernel > (BOOT is the clue, although INSTALL would probably be better). Get the > appro

Re: Ethernet Card Recognition under PPC 8.2 on OldWorld G3

2003-07-24 Thread Stew Benedict
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Alex Thurgood wrote: > Le lun 21/07/2003 à 02:54, Stew Benedict a écrit : > > > > Could be. Try using drakconnect without going through harddrake. > > Harddrake isn't too terrible useful on PPC anyway. > > Hi Stew, > > Sorry this is taking so long, but I've only got ac

Re: Ethernet Card Recognition under PPC 8.2 on OldWorld G3

2003-07-24 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le lun 21/07/2003 à 02:54, Stew Benedict a écrit : > Could be. Try using drakconnect without going through harddrake. > Harddrake isn't too terrible useful on PPC anyway. Hi Stew, Sorry this is taking so long, but I've only got access to the machine 1 day per week. I've just noticed that whe

Re: Ethernet Card Recognition under PPC 8.2 on OldWorld G3

2003-07-20 Thread Stew Benedict
On Sun, 21 Jul 2003, Alex Thurgood wrote: > Le dim 20/07/2003 à 13:17, Christiaan Welvaart a écrit : > > On 18 Jul 2003, Alex Thurgood wrote: > > > > Internel ethernet on beige G3s is called "bmac". > That's odd. When I click on the configuration tool in the Hardware > section of DrakConf, this

Re: Ethernet Card Recognition under PPC 8.2 on OldWorld G3

2003-07-20 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le dim 20/07/2003 à 13:17, Christiaan Welvaart a écrit : > On 18 Jul 2003, Alex Thurgood wrote: > Internel ethernet on beige G3s is called "bmac". That's odd. When I click on the configuration tool in the Hardware section of DrakConf, this is what it displays as the module, but the configuration

Re: Ethernet Card Recognition under PPC 8.2 on OldWorld G3

2003-07-20 Thread Christiaan Welvaart
On 18 Jul 2003, Alex Thurgood wrote: > Hi all, it's me again, the Mac PPC newbie :-) > > Well I managed to follow Stew's advice and get the root password > changed, and from there get the video card to display properly, so now I > have a running X environment. So far so good. > > Unfortunately, th

Ethernet Card Recognition under PPC 8.2 on OldWorld G3

2003-07-18 Thread Alex Thurgood
Hi all, it's me again, the Mac PPC newbie :-) Well I managed to follow Stew's advice and get the root password changed, and from there get the video card to display properly, so now I have a running X environment. So far so good. Unfortunately, the installation didn't manage to recognize my Ether