On Fri, 8 Dec 1995, Holger Skok wrote:

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> Everything went fine, I could see the common startup messages
> about the devices detected and so on but before the booting
> was finished the system came to a complete halt. The point
> in the boot process where that happened was right after the
> ethernet card was detected and its data displayed. Short of
> pulling it out, is there any way to bypass this particular step
> using the debug code?

There's a special kernel available that might do the trick from Mr. 
Wittkoski's site.  It's at

ftp.microserve.com  /ppp-pop/jpw/netbsd.noae.11.28.gz

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> Where can I find detailed info about the supported ethernet
> cards? (Mine is a Asante MacConII)

Just look at the main chip on the board and jot down the part number.  
Anybody know anything about that one?

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