A5000 - diving in at the deep end!

[HigashiJun]

Seems you're close to your goal.

[rubber_jonnie]

Seems you're close to your goal.

Getting closer, but having attempted to set it all up as per the instructions, it's not working. I know the NIC was tested and working before it was shipped to me, but the software hangs on boot

[HigashiJun]

@rubber_jonnie

I found this on Chris's Acorns website:

"The podule does not have its software in ROM, so it must be loaded from disc (!System) when the card is initialised. It uses the Ether1 driver."

but I guess you already know that since your software hangs on boot.

[rubber_jonnie]

@rubber_jonnie

I found this on Chris's Acorns website:

"The podule does not have its software in ROM, so it must be loaded from disc (!System) when the card is initialised. It uses the Ether1 driver."

but I guess you already know that since your software hangs on boot.

Yes, I was given a skeleton !Boot containing the driver etc, however whilst it all installs ok, I am missing a folder called 'Blanks' with a file called 'User' and a file called 'Routes'. Without these the settings can't be saved.

I can create these files, but they seem to be empty once I save the settings, and afterwards I get a hang.

I just tried with the installed version of !inetsetup, and it no longer hangs. Hmmm

Also, running *podules doesn't show the NIC, but it does show an empty space, and I think that is because it has no ROM.

Also, having just run the setup without dropping the skeleton !Boot in, it is seeming to work, in that I can actually see the NIC if I run *ifconfig -a. I can now see the NIC, so it may be a driver issue.

[rubber_jonnie]

@HigashiJun I see you've found your way to Stardot

[HigashiJun]

@rubber_jonnie

Hmm, really weird...

I just hate having a functional hardware with a lumpy driver.

Did you get the driver from the same source (CJE, I presume) ?

[rubber_jonnie]

@rubber_jonnie

Hmm, really weird...

I just hate having a functional hardware with a lumpy driver.

Did you get the driver from the same source (CJE, I presume) ?

I did, yes, it was sent to me, but I'm now not 100% sure it was for the A5000 and RISCOS 3.1.

[HigashiJun]

@rubber_jonnie

I'm sure CJE can help you with this issue then.

[rubber_jonnie]

@rubber_jonnie

I'm sure CJE can help you with this issue then.

Hopefully. I do get this now:

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Which is promising, and I see activity on my switch and the AUI to Ethernet adapter, but I can't ping anything. Could now be something as simple as the switch, it's connected to a 10/100 desktop device, or it may be that there is some other config issue.

[stephen_usher]

What's your routing table like? If no route then no ping.