On 26/07/2010 12:26, Malcolm Herbert wrote: > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 07:11:36PM +1000, Malcolm Herbert wrote: > |I have an older net4801 board (around 2 years old now) to which I've > |added a 250GB drive - this shows up as a 134GB drive on the host which > |is annoying, but not a big problem ... > | > |What is annoying is that I seem to only be able to successfully boot > |the host now and again - I was able to boot the host a few times to > |configure it then not again since ... I seem to recall this being a > |problem with these boards, but I can't remember the fix. > > I haven't managed to get any further with this - I did collect a dump > from the comBIOS boot: > > |maja[~] 1v>: tip ttyU0 > |connected > | > |POST: 012345689bcefghipsajklnopqr,,,tvwxy > : > : > |comBIOS ver. 1.33 20080103 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Soekris Engineering. > | > |net4801 > | > |0256 Mbyte Memory CPU Geode SC1100 267 Mhz > | > |Pri Mas WDC WD2500BEVE-00WZT0 LBA Xlt 1024-255-63 134 Gbyte > | > |Slot Vend Dev ClassRev Cmd Stat CL LT HT Base1 Base2 Int > |------------------------------------------------------------------- > |0:00:0 1078 0001 06000000 0107 0280 00 00 00 00000000 00000000 > |0:06:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E101 A0000000 10 > |0:07:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E201 A0001000 10 > |0:08:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E301 A0002000 10 > |0:18:2 100B 0502 01018001 0005 0280 00 00 00 00000000 00000000 > |0:19:0 0E11 A0F8 0C031008 0117 0280 08 38 00 A0003000 00000000 11 > | > | 1 Seconds to automatic boot. Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor. > | > |No Boot device available, enter monitor. > | > | > |comBIOS Monitor. Press ? for help. > | > |> show > | > |ConSpeed = 9600 > |ConLock = Enabled > |ConMute = Disabled > |BIOSentry = Enabled > |PCIROMS = Enabled > |PXEBoot = Enabled > |FLASH = Primary > |BootDelay = 5 > |FastBoot = Disabled > |BootPartition = Disabled > |BootDrive = 80 FF 81 F0 > |ShowPCI = Enabled > |Reset = Hard > |CpuSpeed = Default > > To my mind this looks all good - the Soekris website lists 1.33 as being > the latest comBIOS version for the net4801, so no upgrade possibility > there ... > > What should I try next? I'd prefer to boot from the HDD, but I might > have a CF card around that came with the unit originally that I could > use if I had to ...
I suspect the power supply. How many amps is it rated for, and what's the peak current draw of the hard disk during startup? Do you have a spare power supply you can test with, in case the existing one has gone bad? Something like a NetGear desktop switch might have a suitable power supply - but check the voltage and polarity first. _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
