Re: Rom01 GS refuses to netboot

[Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com>]

On 01/14/2011 07:27 AM, Senor Wences wrote:
> I posted this to a similar thread recently and I believe it applies to
> this case as well.
>
> I think it has to do with some files on the netatalk server that work
> with the ROM 03 IIgs but not the ROM 01.
>
> Please see here:
>
> http://www.vintagemacworld.com/iigs_rb.html
>
> Take note of the "Supplementary Notes on Booting a IIgs" at the end of
> the document that I wrote. I think I recall running into your exact
> symptoms and found the newer Apple II Setup disk available from
> Apple's Old Software Downloads archive updated the FINDER application
> to work with ROM 01 IIgs computers.
>
> I hope that gets you pointed in the right direction!

Josh,

Thanks, terrific point.  But, I'm not getting anywhere near far enough for 
that to be an issue.  Wireshark is monitoring all DDP traffic on the network 
and there is simply no hint of activity from the interface:  The client 
machine doesn't even request the bootblocks.  Of course, that's the ethernet 
side of the bridge, but I've been watching the Rx/Tx LEDs on the bridge very 
carefully (and used two different bridges).  No activity at all on an 
attempted netboot.

I'm suspicious of the machine and will drag out another Rom01 before spending 
too much more time on this.

Steve