On 5/4/08 14:40, "Igor Sobrado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew Back writes: >> Hello, >> >> I have a Net4521 that is around 6 years old and was running the firmware >> that it shipped with. Under which it appeared to recognise the 4GB Hitachi >> CF microdrive fitted. However I couldn't successfully boot from network and >> just to make sure I upgraded to firmware v1.32 via v1.24. After which the >> BIOS doesn't seem to recognise the microdrive. >> >> Does anyone know where I'm going wrong? Do I need to re-flash with an old >> version of firmware? > > Before going backward to the old firmware release I would suggest > trying comBIOS 1.33 or, at least, 1.32i (both available for the net45xx > series too). comBIOS 1.32 has some known problems fixed in recent > releases. If it does not work either, I suppose that Søren Kristensen > will be interested in looking at this compatibility problem.
Good advice. Thanks! > As a workaround, I would recommend downgrading comBIOS to the most recent > release that works with the microdrive instead of the one that comes with > the net4521. As you say, it is a six years old comBIOS release! Right - good point. > Perhaps the network booting problem is not related with a bug in the > comBIOS. It is more than likely that the error here was on my part. But before poking my network too much I thought I'd update the comBIOS since much newer versions existed. I now have a tried and tested dhcpd + tftp + nfs setup and so I'll attempt network boot again once I've resolved the drive problem. Regards, Andrew ------------------------------------------- Andrew Back MIEEE MBCS CITP Open Source Strategist Osmosoft - open source applications from BT E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T: 07795 987822 http://www.osmosoft.com _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
