Wim Vandeputte mailinglist only wrote: > hey, > > This is actually the same error you see with FreeBSD and OpenBSD when > the BIOS has problems recognising the CF. You can spot it when there is > a 20 second delay when detecting the CF and when the bootloader tries > any disk activity > > comBIOS ver. 1.33c 20080626 Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Soekris Engineering. > > net5501 > > 0256 Mbyte Memory CPU Geode LX 434 Mhz > > Pri Mas SILICONSYSTEMS INC 1GB LBA Xlt 1015-32-63 1023 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. > Using drive 0, partition 3. > Loading... > probing: pc0 com0 com1 pci mem[639K 255M a20=on] > disk: hd0+* > >>>OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 3.01 > > open(hd0a:/etc/boot.conf): Unknown error: code 102 > boot> reboot > Rebooting... > exit > > > POST: 012345689bcefghips1234ajklnopqr,,,tvwxy > > > comBIOS ver. 1.33c 20080626 Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Soekris Engineering. > > net5501 > > 0256 Mbyte Memory CPU Geode LX 434 Mhz > > Pri Mas SILICONSYSTEMS INC 1GB LBA Xlt 1015-32-63 1023 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. > Using drive 0, partition 3. > Loading... > probing: pc0 com0 com1 pci mem[639K 255M a20=on] > disk: hd0+ > >>>OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 3.01 > > - > com0: 19200 baud > switching console to com0 > >>>OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 3.01 > > boot> > booting hd0a:/bsd: 5913424+1004644 [52+306864+287943]=0x72a4d4 > entry point at 0x200120ªÿ > [ using 595232 bytes of bsd ELF symbol table ] > Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > Copyright (c) 1995-2008 OpenBSD. All rights reserved. http://www.OpenBSD.org > > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:44:39AM -0700, Chris Babcock wrote: > >>Eternity wrote: >> >>>Hi! >>> >>>I have a problem with a whole bunch of NET5501:s. I have read some posts >>>with similar problems, but not exactly this, I think, so I post my >>>problem: >>> >>>On a Cold boot my CF Card is detected: >>> >>>Pri Mas CF CARD 1GB LBA Xlt 983-32-63 990 Mbyte >>> >>>Then at boot: >>> >>>GRUB Loading stage1.5. >>> >>>GRUB loading, please wait... >>>Error 25 >>> >>>--- >>> >>>If I press ctrl-p, and at once in combios makes a "reboot" everything >>>works OK, and GRUB can load correctly. >>> >>>I have used lots of net5501 boxes with this distribution (same image file >>>I write to the CF card) without any trouble at all. I have tried upgrading >>>BIOS to 1.33c version, but no change. >>> >>>Any ideas? Could it be the flash card? Or some defect on these batch of >>>boards? >>> >> >>It could be the flash or a defective board. If you have a known working >> unit, try swapping the flash into it and see if you get the same >>error. If another known working unit does the same thing, you probably >>have one of the 5501 boards with issues (RMA to resolve). If the error >>persists, it's probably bad CF. One other possibility... Did you image >>the CF or do the install from a different system? If you did, there are >>often disk geometry issues in the install, which can and often do cause >>issues, esp with boot loaders. The only safe way to make sure the >>geometry is correct on a load is to load on the exact same type of >>system (so in this case, another 5501). >> >>Grub manual error code link: >>http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Stage1_002e5-errors >> >>According to the grub manual Error 25 in stage 1.5 is... >> >>25 : Disk read error >> This error is returned if there is a disk read error when trying to >>probe or read data from a particular disk. > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Yes that is exactly what I see with my Transcend CF and FreeBSD 6.3 Steve _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
