I'll agree with that in a heartbeat. It's tough to find anything and there's links on the site that lead to 404 errors and I remember the same links had 404 errors 3 years ago when I was dealing with setting up a couple Net5501s back then.
I solved it, not in my favorite way, but it works for now. I boot without the CF card pulled out slightly (so it's still in the holder), then when I get to the install screens, I plug it back in. Hal On Feb 15, 2011, at 4:19 PM, Hendrickson, Kenneth wrote: > I don't know the right answer, but it is probably your boot parameters in the > comBIOS. > > The documentation is VERY POOR. > > Ken Hendrickson > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hal Vaughan > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 4:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Soekris] PXE Boot Won't Work With Compact Flash Plugged In > > I'm working on a new Net5501 with 1.33 BIOS. (I upgraded to 1.33c at one > point, but then it always tried to boot BSD, for some reason, and always > crashed, so I had to go back to 1.33.) > > I'm using a SanDisk Ultra Compact Flash, just like this one (which Soekris > sells): > > https://www.soekris.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=156 > > When I got it, it was formatted in FAT and I plugged it in to boot and it > worked. Since I have been having troubles with PXE and the boot won't get > but so far, I re-formatted it in ext3 to see if that helped and put it back > in. This is as far as the system got: > > > comBIOS ver. 1.33 20070103 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Soekris Engineering. > > net5501 > > 0512 Mbyte Memory CPU Geode LX 500 Mhz > > Pri Mas SanDisk SDCFH-008G LBA Xlt 974-255-63 7824 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. > > ---------- > I have the pxelinux boot working, at least until the initrd starts unpacking, > but once I tried booting with a CF card formatted in ext3, it freezes here. > > What's the problem here? Does it automatically boot the CF card before going > to the net boot? > > Any help would be appreciated. I've been busting my tail to get this system > booting for close to two days now and it simply won't boot. > > > > Hal > _______________________________________________ > 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
