Hi Toru,

On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Toru Nishimura wrote:
> >>> the DEC just won't ack it... The NetBSD/sparc tells :
> >>>
> >>> Dec  9 21:56:14 rangerover mopd[666]: 8:0:2b:37:62:cb (1) Do you have
> >>> 08002b3762cb? (Yes)
> >>
> >> Hmmm... I wonder if that's a sign of that infamous missing SQE-detect.
> >> Do you use an ethernet transciever AUI=>BNC?
> >
> > Well.. i use a AUI=>UTP (transciever ??) ... so could that give
> > problems?... dunno how to connect it otherwise..
> 
> Possibly.  Quality AUI<->UTP MAU (media access unit) has a user
> selectable 'SQE' switch.  The switch must be ON for 'station' (your
> MAXINE case), OFF for 'signal repeating device' like repeater or
> bridge.

That did the trick!!! Off all the units i could choose of... this seemed
just the one with the switch off ! 

Switching it on... make it netboot! :-)) now... i have to compile a kernel
WITHOUT scsi... the current ones do spin up the drive, and i don't want to
remove the driver entirely... just in case... 

Thanks a lot,

Reinoud