Henrik /KaarPoSoft wrote: > Henrik /KaarPoSoft wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I have a net5501, which seems to work with a Kingston 64GB SSDnowV+ >> (SATA) and Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 (3.5" 160GB) SATA. >> However, I can not get it to work with my Seagate Barracuda ES SATA >> 3.0Gb/s 750-GB Hard Drive (ST3750640NS). >> >> The 750G Barracuda has worked fine for a year in my Dell PowerEdge >> T105, and I put FreeBSD 8.0 on it using my Dell OptiPlex 8400, where >> it also works fine. >> >> However, when I put the 750G Barracuda in the net5501, it does not >> get past POST. >> Most of the time I get to >> POST 0123456789bcefgh >> sometimes to >> POST 0123456789bcefghip >> and sometimes it even starts to check memory, but does not get past the >> 0000 Mbyte >> >> Once it acutally got past POST and into the ComBIOS, but the drive >> still not visible. >> >> I have tried to jumper the 750G Barracuda to 1.5G/s, but the result >> is the same. >> >> The net5501 was delivered with ComBIOS ver 1.33 20070103 >> >> Does anyone have a suggestion on what to try next? >> >> I am aware of http://www.soekris.com/Issue0007-8.htm and wonder if >> this could be the reason, so I have to ship the net5501 back. >> Unfortunately the Issue page is not dated, so I have no idea if it is >> still current. >> >> I am also aware of the "net5501 not detecting SATA HDs" thread on >> this mailinglist, but apart from the 1.5G/s jumpering, it does not >> seem to have any useful info for the POST stage where I am stuck >> (whereas I might have to come back later to figure out the geom >> problems once the drive is detected). >> >> I could also flash the 1.33c bios to the net5501, but I do not want >> to try that unless I really have to, and I can find no release-notes, >> change-log, or the like stating what might be the differences between >> my 1.33 and the 1.33c. And I guess trying to flash may void my >> warranty, so I cannot send the net5501 back for replacement... >> >> Any suggestions, hints, etc. would be most appreciated. >> >> /Henrik > A bit more info: > > After about some 20 or 30 power-off/power-on cycles, and hundreds of > corresponding POST tests, I pressed the reset button. > And whow: I got FreeBSD to boot! (This was on 3Gb/s; i.e. withOUT the > 1.5Gb/s jumper). > However, after shutting down FreeBSD and trying again, the same old > POST failures continue, and I have not been successfull with reset > either. > > But as far as I can see this means that the soekris 5501 hardware and > the Barracuda can actually work together. > So I guess the problem is in the BIOS somehow? > > In case anybody else runs into this issue:
The above was observed with the disk being "internally" powered by the net5501, and the net5501 being powered by an external 12V 1.5A power supply. When powering the net5501 with a 12V 3A power supply (drive still "internally powered"), the drive is still not recognized after power-on. However, after a subsequent "reset" button press or BIOS reboot command, the drive is recognized and it is possible to boot from it. This behavior seems consistent, and the drive seems to work - I did two kernel compilations with no problem. /Henrik _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
