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
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