Hi Jim, Jim Pingle wrote: > On 12/2/2011 6:06 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> Hello Soren, >> >> Many thanks for this update release. > > Indeed, good progress happening here! > >> Tested several USB keys from old 512MB model to brand new 4GB one >> and none booted. Flashed different kinds of images onto them >> (partitionned, bootable ISO, ...) but didn't get any chance to see >> any boot. > > I also tested several USB keys, some with a memstick bootable image > of pfSense and again on the same keys with NanoBSD. One time I got > one to boot partially on the internal USB plug but not the external, > and it didn't boot all the way, and then when I tried it again it > didn't work. The keys I tried were USB 2.0 but were both a couple > years old so it could be they are to blame. I need to free up a more > recent stick to try again next week. > > In most cases the BIOS skips past the drive even with 'boot 81' from > the monitor prompt. > > I could consistently get a CF in a USB to CF adapter to start > booting either NanoBSD or a pfSense memstick image, however once it > got to the kernel spinner, it stopped for good. > > Is there any additional debugging info that would be helpful to > gather?
In principle all recent USB flash sticks should work (older ones might not report back correctly what they are, the BIOS don't have any "special handling" table like most OS drivers). By older ones we're talking about 5+ years. I would like to see comBIOS screen dump until stop, and know the exact part so I can get one to investigate, I want to get it to *just* work. Best Regards, Soren Kristensen CEO & Chief Engineer Soekris Engineering, Inc. _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
