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From: sah@bor...
Subject: 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
>
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