Thanks for the response Poul.  I'll bounce this over to Soren..

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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
> >> 
> >
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