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From: sah@bor...
Subject: Re: [9fans] oddity
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 07:28:33 -0400 (EDT)

Yes, the standalone runs fine.  Since the 3c509 was questioned, I put
both i82559's in the test terminal and the auth/cpu server.  The
fileserver is using an i82557.  Still, the same game.

Sam

On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Eric Dorman wrote:

> > I've my fileserver and auth/cpu server up now, and am attempting to boot
> > terminals.  The terminal sets to boot from ether0, finds its kernel from
> > the network, and starts to boot.  It then hangs.
> [xx]
> this sounds like terminal hardware weirdness.  i get something similar
> when my ne2000-clone ethernet is somehow screwed up or has the
> wrong irq.  
> 
> can the terminals run the distribution standalone?
> 
> > Sam
> 
> --eric
> 
>