Wim, It's possible I was running 1.32i, but I have since discarded my notes on the BIOS upgrade so I can't give you a straight answer, sorry! Are there any work-arounds for FreeBSD-70 systems in the interim until a BIOS fix is released? Since the box will hang after losing power, this would obviously be a problem w/ production systems.
Thanks! -tm On Thu, 2008-09-25 at 05:47 -0400, Wim Vandeputte Mailing list only wrote: > this is a welknown bug in the BIOS > > What was your previous version where it did work? 1.32i? > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:18:28PM -0400, Tom Mazzotta wrote: > > After several months of not using my NET5501, I upgraded the BIOS to > > 1.33c in preparation of installing FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. Using PXE, I > > installed to a Hard Drive (ATA i/f) that previously ran FreeBSD 6.2 in > > the 5501. > > > > The install worked fine, however, after doing a cold restart, I noticed > > that the boot process would "hang" for about 20sec before recognizing > > the HD, then boot FreeBSD. In this situation, the o/s would ultimately > > fail to mount the root fs. If I then hit the RESET switch, I can usually > > get the system to fully boot... sometimes I need to hit RESET twice to > > get it to work. > > > > Once FreeBSD is running, I can issue a "reboot" command at an o/s > > command prompt and the system bounces as expected. > > > > There are a few very similar reports in the list archive, although it > > seems that they all were using CF cards. Do all 5501's flashed w/ 1.33c > > behave this way, or is this problem limited to a bad batch of system > > boards? Does Soekris believe the problems are caused by the storage > > devices? > > > > -tm > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Soekris-tech mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
