NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/comp/os/mach/1279

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From: [e-mail] (Steven L. Dossett)
Newsgroups: comp.os.mach
Subject: Western Digital Ethercard and Mach 2.5
Keywords: Mach
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Date: 14 Sep 92 14:12:11 GMT
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Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science
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  I have a bug thats driving me nuts, so I'll ask and see if any of you
might know the answer. I'm running Mach 2.5 from Mt. Xinu on a 486/33 with
a Western Digital card. (wd0). Occassionally the machine will simply 'forget'
that it has ethernet. It just hangs. When you try to ping, it says it can't
reach the site, etc. I can fix the problem by running /etc/neton, and it will
start up again. I don't see any reason why it suddenly 'decides' there is
no card. Also, if the machine is booted up from a cold start it recognizes
that wd0 exists, but if I run a reboot, and do not turn the power off the
machine it will not recognize that there is a wd0. Has anyone had a similar
problem? Does anyone know how I can fix it? Please, any assistance would
help.. Its driving me nuts trying to figure out whats causing it..

                Steven L. Dossett

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