Help with L2 G3 Newertech upgrade?

[Drew Lane]

I spent a lot of time trying to get my sonnet crescendo G3 L2 card
to work and it was mostly a waste of time.  Recompiled the kernel,
and everything I could think of.

At one point I did have it working but it required that I remove certain
PCI hardware cards.  Can't remember the exact combination.

Frankly, I wouldn't even bother trying to upgrade the 6400 with
the intention of using Linux.

If you're looking for a cheap solution, pick up a used PowerMac
PCI based Mac and then you will be able to use an upgrade card.

I got a 7600 for $20 at the thrift store, and put in an upgrade card
and it's been a champion server for the last year or two.  Plus, you
can jam a lot more memory in these machines.

If you still insist on trying to get it to work I would pull out all the
cards, including the G3 upgrade, make sure it works, and then
start adding cards back in, starting with the G3 upgrade.  You
might even have to pull some memory if I recall correctly.

Drew




Scott Strungis wrote:

> Hi listers,
>
> I am frustrated as all get out at this point.
>
> I installed YDL 3.0 on my stock 6400 (it took like 4 hours!) and it 
> runs nicely with a Voodoo3 card but quite slowly under X.  My primary 
> use for this machine is as a nice quiet server and it does this quite 
> well.  I got the Newer L2 G3 upgrade card in the mail today and 
> installed it under OS 9.  It runs nicely.  I tried to boot into YDL 
> using BootX and it locks up tight without showing the dog graphic, 
> plus the HD does not spin back up.
>
> I have tried using the PowerLogix software as well.  So far I have not 
> changed my BootX settings.  The G3 enabler loads, then the PowerLogix 
> init, and then the BootX.  I resedit-ed the PowerLogix init to a 
> filetype of scri so that the three load first, and in that order.  It 
> still locks up tight.
>
> Is there anyway to get YDL to boot properly using my G3?  I would like 
> to use YDL as a desktop from time to time and the G3 would allow this 
> nicely as it is QUITE fast under OS9.
>
> So does anyone have another trick?  Are there boot arguments that I 
> can use or something?
>
> Thanks,
> Scott Strungis
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