Wim Vandeputte - Mailinglists only wrote: > hey, > > On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 02:46:17PM -0800, Brian Henderson wrote: >> I just picked up a net5501-60 and a Compact Flash card to build a >> router, and I have flashed the card and it works, but only on a warm >> boot. The card is not detected when the power is plugged in, but it is >> detected if you press the reset button or type reboot over the serial >> console. Rebooting from within m0n0wall works. >> >> Is there a setting to pause before detection of the flash card, or >> should I be looking for a new card? > > have a look the default variable setting with > > show > > does it list your FLASH as PRIMARY or SECONDARY?
It lists it as Primary > > Try setting it to the other value Changing FLASH to Secondary didn't change that the card was reported "Pri Mas" on warm boot. Still does not boot on cold start. > > Some flash refuses to be PRIMAY, just SECONDARY > > Just a guess... might not be related. Also, it still tries to PXE boot even though PXEBoot = Disabled, which seems wrong. My suspicion is that the card is not waking up fast enough to be detected on cold boots. ### When it works: > reboot POST: 012345689bcefghips1234ajklnopqr,,,tvwxy comBIOS ver. 1.33 20070103 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Soekris Engineering. net5501 0256 Mbyte Memory CPU Geode LX 434 Mhz Pri Mas CF CARD 1GB LBA Xlt 983-32-63 990 Mbyte Slot Vend Dev ClassRev Cmd Stat CL LT HT Base1 Base2 Int ------------------------------------------------------------------- 0:01:2 1022 2082 10100000 0006 0220 08 00 00 A0000000 00000000 10 0:06:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E101 A0004000 11 0:07:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E201 A0004100 05 0:08:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E301 A0004200 09 0:09:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E401 A0004300 12 0:20:0 1022 2090 06010003 0009 02A0 08 40 80 00006001 00006101 0:20:2 1022 209A 01018001 0005 02A0 08 00 00 00000000 00000000 0:21:0 1022 2094 0C031002 0006 0230 08 00 80 A0005000 00000000 15 0:21:1 1022 2095 0C032002 0006 0230 08 00 00 A0006000 00000000 15 1 Seconds to automatic boot. Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor. Console: internal video/keyboard BIOS drive C: is disk0 BIOS 639kB/261120kB available memory FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8 <continues booting m0n0wall> ### When it doesn't work: POST: 012345689bcefghips1234ajklnopqr,,,tvwxy comBIOS ver. 1.33 20070103 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Soekris Engineering. net5501 0256 Mbyte Memory CPU Geode LX 434 Mhz Slot Vend Dev ClassRev Cmd Stat CL LT HT Base1 Base2 Int ------------------------------------------------------------------- 0:01:2 1022 2082 10100000 0006 0220 08 00 00 A0000000 00000000 10 0:06:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E101 A0004000 11 0:07:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E201 A0004100 05 0:08:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E301 A0004200 09 0:09:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E401 A0004300 12 0:20:0 1022 2090 06010003 0009 02A0 08 40 80 00006001 00006101 0:20:2 1022 209A 01018001 0005 02A0 08 00 00 00000000 00000000 0:21:0 1022 2094 0C031002 0006 0230 08 00 80 A0005000 00000000 15 0:21:1 1022 2095 0C032002 0006 0230 08 00 00 A0006000 00000000 15 1 Seconds to automatic boot. Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor. Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 082) Copyright (C) 1997,1998,1999 Intel Corporation VIA Rhine III Management Adapter v2.43 (2005/12/15) PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM. No Boot device available, enter monitor. comBIOS Monitor. Press ? for help. > show ConSpeed = 9600 ConLock = Enabled ConMute = Disabled BIOSentry = Enabled PCIROMS = Enabled PXEBoot = Disabled FLASH = Primary BootDelay = 5 FastBoot = Disabled BootPartition = Disabled BootDrive = 80 81 F0 FF ShowPCI = Enabled Reset = Hard CpuSpeed = Default -- ----------------------------------------------<>< <>< ><BH> Brian Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oregonstate.edu/~hendebri/ _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
