Re: Netbooting an Apple IIgs from netatalk

[pitz <pitz.wong@gmail.com>]

On Nov 10, 5:26 pm, Steven Hirsch <snhir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/10/2010 02:58 PM, pitz wrote:
>
> > It's been a little while since I was tinkering with this, and just
> > wrote my thoughts out at
> >http://peterwong.net/blog/?page_id=130
> > Should have you happily booting directly from netatalk into the GS/OS
> > Finder.
>
> Nice job, as usual!
>
> I'm envious of your success with the Etherwave and would love to figure out
> why we're having such different results.
>
> What is the part number on the bottom of your Etherwave?  What firmware level
> is it at?  Did you do anything special to configure it or your network?
>
> To date, the only bridge devices I've had success with are Kinetics/FastPath
> 4s with newer firmware and my trusty Gatorbox CS.
>
> The Etherwave (both of them I've tried) units start off fine, but after about
> two minutes they quietly stop forwarding the ASP tickle packets.  Both sides
> independently conclude that the other end has vanished and knock down their
> sessions.
>
> Possibly not as mysterious as Tony's travails with the Apple Ethernet card,
> but vexing nonetheless.
>
> Steve

I'm not totally in the clear.  Here's what I've observed with my
EtherWave.  If I boot from my CFFA and mount a netatalk volume, I can
keep the volumes up for hours and hours.  If I netboot from netatalk,
the mount is accessible in the first few minutes, but then closes down
by itself after that.  Characterized first by unresponsive mouse
clicks, and then followed by a message "The file server xxxxx has
closed down."

I've got a ROM3 with a ZipGSX disabled by the DIP switches, but re-
enabled from the CFFA boot through the ZipGS system setup.  Also
loading about half a dozen other stuff from the CFFA boot.  The irony
here is that it doesn't disconnect the volumes when booted via CFFA.

When booted via netboot with a vanilla Server Startup installation,
that's when the volumes get disconnected after a few minutes.

I'm using an EtherWave Mac/PB adapter.  I don't see a part number at
the bottom.  It's the model with the power taken from the ADB port.

I'm not really that fond of the EtherWave, but it do has its
advantages -- power from the ADB port (no wall wart), auto-sensing
10/100Mbps Ethernet port (no need for an in-between 10Mbps hub).  And
if I don't netboot, it works without problems.  Maybe WireShark traces
are in order.

/pitz