Hi,

I am having problems with getting the network connection working. Good news at present I can boot direct from the HDD without a kernel panic.

The current scenario is:-

I purchased and have installed MAC OS x10.6.3 using iBoot and then upgraded to 10.6.8.

I ran MultiBeast installing just EasyBeast and the system utilities.

When I run the Snow Leopard using iBoot the network works fine, I can see all the ip addresses etc.

When I boot direct from the HDD there is no network. I have tried noting down all the information from the system preferences/network ( iBoot load ) and trying to enter those settings ( HDD load ) but no luck. I can set the ip addr, DNS server the domain to search, but I cannot set the subnet mask nor the router. The MAC address is not loaded.

I have tried via Multibeast to load Lnx2Mac's Realtek...... and Realtek Gigabit Ethernet 2.0.6. However I cannot tell if a network driver is loaded? Where are these kexts located please?

Whilst I have used the Realtek drivers, the integrated devices in my Dell optiplex 780 are:-

Intel 82567 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
ADI 1984A HD Audio Codec
Graphics - Intel GMA 4500

The spec of the PC is:-

Dell OptiPlex 780
Processor,E7500,2.93,3MB,Wolfdale,65W,R0
4 GB Dual In-line Memory 066,256X64,8,240,2RX8
Hard Drive,160gb,S2,7.2K Western Digital,XL320

I think one of the things I just do not understand, is the network works fine if I boot with iBoot and not when I boot from HDD ???

Looking around the net there is a possibility of locating and trying – IntelE1000e.kext?

Does anyone please have suggestions / fixes to this?

I have been working on this for hours now and do not want to just give up, so any ideas very welcome.

Cheers,

Vic.

If your network works with iBoot, that means that there's a driver for it on the iBoot CD.

Open the RAM disk image (preboot.dmg or initrd.img) on the CD and check the kernel extensions inside.