Power Mac 6500 ethernet YDL 3.0

[David Emerson]

I'm having some trouble getting my 6500's built-in nic to work in YDL 
3.0 with the 2.4 kernel.  I read the archives and noted that some had 
success with switching back to the 2.2 kernel, though I'd rather stay 
with the 2.4.  So I bought a PCI NIC (3COM, the one recommended on the 
YDL site).  It works in another YDL box (9600/300), but will not 
retrieve a DHCP addr. on the 6500.  I've tried to reinstall YDL a 
couple of times, and each install noted the presence of the PCI card 
and it's correct in calling the card eth1.  However, no install has 
been able to induce the card to retrieve an IP via DHCP.

Any ideas?

Of course, ideally, I'd love to know how, if it's possible, to run the 
built-in nic under kernel 2.4 YDL 3.0.  But just getting the 3com NIC 
running is good enough if that's all I can do.

--David