I was the one who reported difficulty in getting the 1.1 distribution and
GENERIC_52 kernels to operate with a Syquest.  Trevor's experience sounds
virtually identical with mine.  The problem had nothing to do with the
network, as Jules suggested; it was simply that the Syquest was causing
the SCSI bus to hang (little yellow light on, Trev?  Corrupt file system
on restart?).  At this stage, I'm looking to do a little clearing up of
Mac disks on various machines, and to getr a -current kernel and sources
inside a big partition here.  At that point, I might be able to do a 
little debugging (and I'll be coming back for help).  As I have a few
ceilings to paint, this may not be until well into next weekend ...

Russ