> > That's the fdisk from the Debian installer? I've had reports on kernel
> > crashes on some newer iBooks with mac-fdisk but never from older hardware
> > I'm afraid.
> Yep, during the second install attempt, I ran fdisk from the console,
> and it kernel panic'd clearly when I told it to write the table. But
> it finished writing first, I was able to reboot and continue.
OK. This would indicate it's not a hardware problem but a kernel problem.
I'll try to find some time to debug this ...
> > Tried zapping PRAM again?
>
> Twice. Then, going over 'things which had changed between when card
> worked and now' I realized that I had gone from macos 9.1 => 8.6 when I
> wiped the HD. So I booted 9.1, cause I couldn't think of anything else
> to do. The NIC came back to life under 9.1 cd, and subsequent
> install...but not 8.6. I have have no fscking clue how this is
Mysterious. What sort of NIC does the 4400 use?
Michael
