Re: Access limitations(?), and moving to a simple LAN

In article <8f1bd2b74d.druck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
druck <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10 Oct 2005 Jeremy C B Nicoll <Jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In article <4db7bcea55evan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > Evan Clark <evan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> <URL:http://web.archive.org/web/20040206114425/www.i-cubed.co.uk/etherh16.html>
> >
> > Where do I need to put the new version of the module so that it
> > gets loaded - I mean, does that have to happen early on in !Boot or
> > can it be done anytime before I actually use the NIC? I presume I
> > don't have to (or even want to?) replace the older module stored on
> > the NIC itself?

> No, no, no! Never put networking modules into
> !Boot.Choices.Boot.PreDesk or Tasks. They go in
> !System.310.Modules.Networking.

Ok; nice and simple...

> > Do I need to issue an *unplug or something of EtherH followed by an
> > RMLoad from the new module's location?

> No.

Even better.


> !Internet loads the modules. Just put Internet and EtherX them in the
> !System and reboot.

> The correct versions should be loaded, if not check for them
> incorrectly located elsewhere in !System or !Boot.

I used !Locate to find all modules in !Boot and the only copy of
Internet was the 5.04 already in System.310.Modules.Network which isn't
getting loaded.

> If still no luck the ROM version is too old to support auto sensing,
> so report back here and I can give you a file to get round this.

A few experimental reboots further on, and I've found that Evan's advice
about the file in Autosense has worked though I've not done the unplug
he suggested; when I boot now I end up with EtherH 4.33 in use. Also I
changed !Internet.!Run to explicitly load Internet 5.04. So far this
hasn't stopped the "illegal task handle" message when I try to use
shared disks, so I expect I need to try newer versions of Freeway and
ShareFS as well.

A bit later... I copied the Freeway 0.28 and ShareFS 3.41 (and
SHare+ 3.41, which is identical) modules from a downloaded Uniboot into
!System.310.Modules.Network and rebooted, but neither of these actually
got loaded. Looking at the !Reporter logs for the boot shows that
Choices.Internet.Startup ends in:

IfThere Resources:$.Resources.ShareFS.!Boot then Run
Resources:$.Resources.ShareFS.!Boot
RMFind Freeway 0.26 System:Modules.Network.Freeway
RMFind ShareFS 3.38 System:Modules.Network.Share+

Obviously I can edit those lines to force the newer modules into use,
but every time I use !InetSetup and it regenerates the Startup obey file
I'll lose the changes.

Hmmm. Last time I hit a problem like that (in the ANT Suite, in fact,
where it auto-generates some file or other when you run its
configuration dialogue and that wiped out a change I had made [1]) I
'fixed' it by forcing it to run a program of my own after their one had
run to insert my change again. I feel another fix coming on.


Anyway, rebooting after changing those lines does give me Freeway 0.28
and ShareFS 3.41 in use. But I still get the 'illegal task handle' and
shared-disk icons vanishing.

Time for bed said Zebeddee. He was right.



> ---druck

--
Jeremy C B Nicoll - my opinions are my own.
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