At 03:13 PM 8/15/2007, Andreas Wrede wrote:
>The net5501 is one day old, comBIOS version 1.32.
Is this a new "experimental" BIOS ? The ones I have got are all 1.31b
---Mike
>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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