Re: Is any part of Ethernet circuitry tied to Open Firmware?

In article <1ij07v3.1s89mtb135eer1N%dempson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David
Empson <dempson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Did you install Apple's Boot Camp drivers for Windows, which are
included on the Leopard DVD? Without those, you can't make use of
several hardware features on the Mac, and the Ethernet port might be one
of them.

There was a belief, among me and others, that the separate
installation of drivers was no longer needed when Apple's
Boot Camp went out of beta, and Apple _included_ Boot Camp
already installed during a normal OS X install procedure.


If you supply your own copy of Windows, you may need to install
additional drivers supplied by the manufacturer of the computer to
support special hardware.

Apple is the manufacturer in this case.



This is the situation with a Mac and Boot Camp. Apple doesn't licence
Windows from Microsoft, and therefore doesn't supply it to you as an OEM
version (with drivers pre-installed). They instead tell you to use a
standard version of Windows and then install the Mac hardware drivers
which are included on the Leopard DVD (when you access the DVD from
Windows).

BINGO - you have solved a very gnarly problem, congratulations!

....and here I thought you were just another hypercritical person
like Jolly Roger, you who delights in putting people down with snide
remarks like "That question doesn't even make sense."

You would not post a mean-spirited remark like that, would you ;-)

I have nudged you back into the ranks of useful people here,
people who actually do some good in these Mac newsgroups.



In case any "ordinary Mac users" miss the important point
you made, I will spell it out.

On recent Intel Macs, it is not enough to do a routine OS X
install and hope that all the Boot Camp "stuff" will be installed.

After a Mac user uses Boot Camp to create a Windows partition,
and after a Windows OS is bought and installed, it is STILL necessary
to boot into Windows, then insert the Leopard install DVD while still
"in Windows".

Windows will recognize the Mac OS X install DVD.

Instructions will appear on the screen for installing the Windows
drivers, which will be done automatically. It will take roughly
five minutes, even on a fast MacBook Pro.

Once started, let the install go until you get a "Finish" prompt
onscreen, do NOT try to respond to any quick onscreen messages
that flick on, such as the message:

"Do you want Windows to go online to find drivers?"

When you finally click on the "Finish" button, you will be
instructed to restart Windows.


Worked like a charm for me, my Siemans DSL modem now works
from the Windows OS, no network configuration
of any kind required.

Thanks again, your excellent post bailed me out of a heap of trouble.

Mark-
.