Can you say what kind of cards they are? Manufacturer? Model? -Bryan
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Jim Cromie <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a soekris 4801, and 2 CF disks, > 1st fails to boot, with following error, > 2nd boots fine. > > Cannot get disk parameters > boot: > > Is this disk too big ? > CHS out of range for bios ? > BTW, the manual is missing info on several bios settings, > bootpartition for one. Ive tried setting it to 1, (was disabled) > made no difference. > > $ sudo fdisk /dev/sdc > > Command (m for help): p > > Disk /dev/sdc: 4059 MB, 4059611136 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 493 cylinders, total 7928928 sectors > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x000af39b > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdc1 * 1 7920044 3960022 83 Linux > > Command (m for help): > Command (m for help): x > > Expert command (m for help): p > > Disk /dev/sdc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 493 cylinders > > Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl Start Size ID > 1 80 0 2 0 254 63 492 1 7920044 83 > 2 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 > 3 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 > 4 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 > > Expert command (m for help): > > > In contrast, this CF is recognized and boots normally. > whats the salient difference ? > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdc1 * 1 1000927 500463+ 83 Linux > > Command (m for help): p > > Disk /dev/sdc: 512 MB, 512483328 bytes > 16 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1009 cylinders, total 1000944 sectors > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x9bf54675 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdc1 * 1 1000927 500463+ 83 Linux > > Command (m for help): x > > Expert command (m for help): > Expert command (m for help): p > > Disk /dev/sdc: 16 heads, 62 sectors, 1009 cylinders > > Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl Start Size ID > 1 80 0 2 0 15 62 1008 1 1000927 83 > 2 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 > 3 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 > 4 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 > > Expert command (m for help): q > _______________________________________________ > 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
