I have another "me-to":
After reboot from a NetBSD boot, the comBIOS hangs at the "0512 Mbyte
Memory" and then proceeds without detecting the hard disk (a TOSHIBA
MK3017GAS).
I also noticed the following problem. When I reset the unit by
removing the power, sometime (about 50%) the unit does not power up
immediately after reconnecting the power, it waits almost a minute.
After finding Poul-Henning's post, Subject: "5501 console "Easteregg"
from July 24 and trying the +++ power feature, it looks like that
this is being triggered on those "faulty" power-ups..
The net5501 is one day old, comBIOS version 1.32.
On 25-Jul-07, at 12:09 , Ralph Becker-Szendy wrote:
> Similar problem here. Setup is a Net5501 (about 3 weeks old), with a
> Fujitsu 80GB disk mounted right in the case (I made my own disk
> mounting kit, by using the cable from the 4801 kit, and cutting my own
> mounting plate from a thin sheet of insulating plastic, following the
> example of the 4801 mounting plate).
>
> If you boot the machine by power-cycling it, it works excellently.
> Same with booting it by hitting the reset switch on the back panel.
>
> If you boot the machine by giving a reboot command, it goes through
> POST, and then stops at
> 0512 Mbyte Memory CPU Geode LX 500 Mhz
> It hangs there for a long time, might be one minute, might be more.
> Usually, I don't have the patience to deal with it, and hit the reset
> switch. A few times I have waited long enough, and then it eventually
> proceeds to the monitor, but it does not discover the disk drive (I
> don't have a CF card loaded, so I don't know whether it would have
> discovered it), and attempts to boot via PXE (which is logical, as I
> have the boot order specified as 80 81 F0 FF).
>
> My disk drive model is a Fujitsu MHV2080AH.
>
> This is quite annoying, because it means that unattended reboots are
> impossible. Either I'll have to put my 5501 on an Ethernet-controlled
> power strip, or wander on down to the wiring closet where it is
> installed whenever something goes wrong.
>
> Any suggestions, other than hoping that Soekris comes up with a BIOS
> upgrade soon? Running diskless and PXE-booting is not a practical
> option for me.
>
> By the way, I understand what "80" and "81" mean in the boot order,
> and "F0" is also documented as meaning PXE. But what is "FF"?
>
> --
> Ralph Becker-Szendy ralph at lr.los-gatos.ca.us
> (408)395-1435
> 735 Sunset Ridge Road; Los Gatos, CA 95033
>
> P.S. This is a resubmit of the message, the first one seems to have
> gotten
> stuck in the mailing list; apologies if you see two copies of it.
>
>
--
aew
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