Thanks for the response Poul. I'll bounce this over to Soren.. - Rob Mason Support Technician http://www.xiplink.com
_______________________________________________ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received this in error, please contact the sender and delete this communication and any copy immediately. Thank you. On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 07:06 +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > Pure guesswork: > > The RTC is not always starting the first time you power on a box, > and if Soren uses that for timing out the detection of CF cards > that might explain the problem. > > I suggest you send email directly to soren about hardware issues. > > Poul-Henning > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob Mason writes: > >Damn hotkeys... wasn't done but I hit ctrl-enter by mistake. > > > >Failing boxes: > > > >SN: 161145 > >SN: 161146 > >SN: 161147 > >SN: 161148 > >SN: 161149 > >SN: 161150 > >SN: 161152 > >SN: 161153 > >SN: 161154 > >SN: 161155 > >SN: 161160 > >SN: 161161 > >SN: 161162 > >SN: 161163 > >SN: 161164 > >SN: 161165 > >SN: 161166 > >SN: 161191 > >SN: 161192 > >SN: 161197 > > > >All the boxes have bios version 1.33 but has been some change to the > >hardware? > > > >Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > > >Thanks, > >R > > > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> I am having the same issue as was reported to the list already. With > >> certain 5501s the CF is not detected when the unit is first powered on > >> but shows up after reboot is passed to combios. > >> > >> Currently we have 20 or so units on hand that exhibit this behaviour > >> while 3 or 4 work as expected. Actually in the units that work the card > >> is detected as the slave device but it does see the card when powered > >> up. > >> > >> When it doesn't work this is what I see on the serial console: > >> > >> 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) > >> > >> CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 00 24 C9 D6 B4 > >> PXE-E51: No DHCP or proxyDHCP offers were > >> received. > >> > >> > >> PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM. > >> > >> No Boot device available, enter monitor. > >> > >> > >> comBIOS Monitor. Press ? for help. > >> > >> > 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 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 > >> > >> The strange part is if I put a hard drive in there (80G sata western > >> digital) the CF is detected without issue. > >> > >> The card is an Adata 1GB speedy compact flash. I have 200 or so, so I > >> really need them to be detected properly. > >> > >> I noted the serial numbers for the units that I could get at and it > >> looks like they are all from the same lot. > >> > >> Working boxes: SN: 145774, SN: 153514 and SN: 158171 (this is a 5501-70) > >> > >> Failing boxes: > >> > >> SN: 161145 > >> SN: 161145 > >> SN: 161145 > >> SN: 161145 > >> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Soekris-tech mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
