[iyonix-support] Re: Iyonix network card failure
- From: David Pitt <pittdj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:33:30 GMT
In message <cec7b6824e.steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Steve Fryatt <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On 8 Nov, David Pitt wrote in message
> <794ca7824e.pittdj+@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> In message <ef83fb804e.steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Steve Fryatt <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> [snip - network not starting.]
>>
>> > I've got a small BASIC program in my boot sequence that checks the
>> > network interface as soon as it starts and offers an immediate
>> > power-down if there's a problem. Sometimes it can take three or four
>> > attempts to get things going, which is a pain.
>>
>> I would be grateful for a sight of that program, or even a clue. I have
>> never managed to think of a test to detect the network.
>
>It's nasty, and relies on the output of *EKTest 0...
Creative programming then. It is sufficient for the purpose. I had been
looking for a suitable SWI call, without success.
[snip BASIC prog]
>I've called my copy !!!NetTest, and stuck it in !Boot.Choices.Predesk,
>so it gets run before most other stuff. That reduces the amount of
>time wasted in powering the machine up and down.
I have called it from !Boot.Utils.BootRun before PreDesk and after
my Boot Spool file has started, with :-
BootRun Boot:Utils.NetTest
I just want to stop the Boot and leave the Iyonix to warm up if there is
no network, to save having to clear subsequent errors.
IF length%>100 THEN
PRINT "Network I/F started OK. (";length%;")"
ELSE
PRINT "Network I/F failed to start. (";length%;")"
ERROR 0, "Boot stopped"
ENDIF
END
The file length is printed as a temporary diagnostic. The file length if
the network is OK is 119, if there is no network it will be about 68.
Many thanks, this is just what I wanted.
--
David Pitt.
Computing with RISC OS.
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