On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:23:55 +0200 martin f krafft <[email protected]> wrote:
> also sprach Attila Kinali <[email protected]> [2011.10.17.0806 +0200]: > > I'd try to either get grub to wait a few seconds after loading > > the first stage, or buy another CF card an try that one. > > Do you happen to know if this is possible? Remember that the > grub.cfg file is not accessible at this time… I've seen a lot wierder things when it comes to consumer grade memory products. A lot wierder things. Or with a little bit more details: The initialization procedure for the controllers is quite complex. It contains many steps that take time. In order to allow a shorter "startup time" i could imagine that a manufacturer uses a hack to allow reading the first few kB before the whole card is ready to be used. This would work in the most important case (using the card as a FAT formated storage device for cameras and such), but would fail in the case you are using it. If this is an issue and you want to use always the same card, then you should go for industrial grade products with a controlled BOM. But they cost a lot more and usually are quite a bit smaller. If using different cards isnt a problem, just get a few and try which of those work and which don't. Attila Kinali -- It is upon moral qualities that a society is ultimately founded. All the prosperity and technological sophistication in the world is of no use without that foundation. -- Miss Matheson, The Diamond Age, Neil Stephenson _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
