as i understand, its pretty much hit and miss as to weather a CF card will work correctly. Some are set to slave mode? at the factory, and for some reason will not boot.
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Laurent Haond <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I finally got them to boot GNU/linux using Grub after setting > FLASH=Secondary. > > But this need to be done after every cold boot... > > I hope this could help... > > > Laurent > > > comBIOS ver. 1.33c 20080626 Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Soekris Engineering. > > net5501 > > 0512 Mbyte Memory CPU Geode LX 500 Mhz > > Pri Mas ELITE PRO CF CARD 4GB LBA Xlt 971-128-63 3915 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. > GRUB Loading stage1.5. > > > GRUB loading, please wait... > Error 25 > > > Pri Mas ELITE PRO CF CARD 4GB LBA Xlt 971-128-63 3915 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 > > > comBIOS Monitor. Press ? for help. > >> ? > comBIOS Monitor Commands > > boot [drive][:partition] INT19 Boot > reboot cold boot > download download a file using XMODEM/CRC > flashupdate update flash BIOS with downloaded file > time [HH:MM:SS] show or set time > date [YYYY/MM/DD] show or set date > d[b|w|d] [adr] dump memory bytes/words/dwords > e[b|w|d] adr value [...] enter bytes/words/dwords > i[b|w|d] port input from 8/16/32-bit port > o[b|w|d] port value output to 8/16/32-bit port > run adr execute code at adr > cmosread [adr] read CMOS RAM data > cmoswrite adr byte [...] write CMOS RAM data > cmoschecksum update CMOS RAM Checksum > set parameter=value set system parameter to value > show [parameter] show one or all system parameters > ?/help show this help > >> show > > ConSpeed = 19200 > ConLock = Enabled > ConMute = Disabled > BIOSentry = Enabled > PCIROMS = Enabled > PXEBoot = Disabled > FLASH = Primary > BootDelay = 1 > FastBoot = Disabled > BootPartition = Disabled > BootDrive = 80 81 F0 FF > ShowPCI = Enabled > Reset = Hard > CpuSpeed = Default > >> FLASH=Secondary >> reboot > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > -- Random quote of the week/month/whenever i get to updating it: "Opportunity knocked. My doorman threw him out." - Adrienne Gusoff "At school you don't get parole, good behavior only brings a longer sentence." - The History Boys _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
