On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 10:26:18PM +0100, Igor Sobrado wrote: > 1. the comBIOS finds a disk without a valid bootsector and does > not look for a secondary (81) or PXE (F0) device to boot from. > > The reason for the PXE entry after "80" and "81" is being able to > boot a Soekris computer that has at least one internal drive > but no operating system installed on it, am I wrong? > > It is a way to do a network install of the operating system > on a new computer, so it should try a PXE boot if there is > a drive without a valid boot sector. > > 2. the comBIOS stops at device "81" if there is not a secondary > drive, and does not look for PXE (F0) or entering monitor (FF). > > There is no reason a Soekris computer must have both a primary > and a secondary drive installed. In fact, most Soekris computers > have only one drive installed (usually a CF). > > Don't know if this problem happens on the net4801 (the first computer > that included the BootDrive BIOS system parameter, I think.)
FWIW, on net4501 everything works perfectly: - if the CF card has a bootable OS, it boots - if you want to force PXE booting then you can type ctrl-P to get a combios prompt, then type "boot f0" - if the CF card has no bootable OS, or the CF card is missing, then it goes into PXE boot automatically. If that fails, it leaves you at a combios prompt. _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
