Hi Karl, On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 14:19 -0600, Karl Fife wrote: > I have a 4801 that seems incredibly fussy about which CF card I use > with it. No so for any of my 5501-60's or -70's of which we have > several in service. With the majority of CF cards on the 4801 (both > name-brand and generic) there seems to be corruption of system files > either immediately (won't boot & error messages on a brand new image) > or over time - develops problems - error messages & functional > anomalies.
I run a net4801 with the comBIOS version it came with, about 5 years ago, 1.24 I think, and I never had a problem with it, at least not with CF-card only (most problems reported on this list seems to involve CF + IDE). Maybe you could be a bit more specific: - which OS? - which boot loader? - what error messages? - CF only? - which CF brands do / don't work? What you describe sounds like hardware (e.g. IDE controller) trouble to me, but it's hard to tell from a distance of course. Do some specific CF brands _consistently_ work? Did you try alternative boot loaders? Linux + Lilo should always work, if not then you very likely have a hardware problem. Bill > > I would like to know if others on this list have experienced similar > behavior, or whether my board's just a good old-fashioned lemon. > > Am I failing to follow some arcane list of compatible CF cards? > > Any input is much appreciated. > > -Karl > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
