lance@hermix.UUCP (Lance Ellinghouse) (03/22/91)
How can I get my EtherPort II running under System 7.0b4???? I called SHIVA and this is what they told me to do: 1) Erase 7.0b4 2) Install 6.0.7 again 3) Install EtherPort II software 4) Reinstall 7.0b4 over 6.0.7. I don't want to have to go through ALL that again! Anyone have any other ideas? Lance Ellinghouse Mark V Systems, Ltd. hermix!lance@anes.ucla.edu
lemke@radius.com (Steve Lemke) (03/24/91)
lance@hermix.UUCP (Lance Ellinghouse) writes: }How can I get my EtherPort II running under System 7.0b4???? Hmmm. I didn't think it was possible. We have Cayman GatorCards that work (after a few simple steps in ResEdit 2.1), but we have been unsuccess- ful in getting the Kinetics EtherPort II to work. }I called SHIVA and this is what they told me to do: }1) Erase 7.0b4 }2) Install 6.0.7 again }3) Install EtherPort II software }4) Reinstall 7.0b4 over 6.0.7. } }I don't want to have to go through ALL that again! I can certainly understand why. I don't want to go through that either. There's got to be a better way - did the folks at Shiva say when they might be able to have a real 7.0 compatible installer? }Anyone have any other ideas? You can write to shiva by writing to "support@shiva.com", if my memory serves me right. Anyway, please post here and/or send me email if you figure it out. Actually, let me tell you how to get the Cayman card to work, and you can try a modified version of that with the Kinetics and see if that works. Disclaimer: I'm not responsible if you toast your system in trying this!!! Install 7.0b4 or greater, and include Apple's EtherTalk in the installation. You have to go to the "Customize" section to do this. Then boot 7.0 and run ResEdit 2.1. Open the 7.0 system file, and delete DRVR 127 which is named ".enet". Leave the 7.0 system file open and open the 6.0 system file that you (presumably) had working with your ethernet board before you installed 7.0 on a second hard drive. Copy the DRVR 127 resource (".enet") to the clipboard, and then go back to the System 7.0 file and paste it in. Now copy the "EtherTalk" or "EtherTalk 2.0" file from the 6.0 volume to the Extensions folder of the 7.0 volume. Restart the machine, go into the Networks control panel and select EtherTalk. Go into the Chooser and see if it worked. With the Cayman card, this appears to work. With the Kinetics card, this appears to fail. However, the Kinetics card seems to have another DRVR that goes with it - I think it's ID 17 or something like that. Maybe if you copy this driver, along with the "EtherPort II" file from the system folder, it might work. The EtherPort II file should probably go into the 7.0 system folder, but NOT the extensions folder. The frustrating thing about 7.0 is that sometimes the only reason something doesn't work is that it is in the wrong folder. I guess if all else fails, put stuff in the system folder... Anyway, if you get the Kinetics board to work, let me know... --Steve -- ----- Steve Lemke, KC6QDT - Software Engineering, Radius Inc., San Jose ----- ----- Reply to: lemke@radius.com -- U.C. Santa Barbara ECE Class of '89 ----- ----- "I'm not a UNIX wizard, but I play the Postmaster at radius.com." -----