Ok, quick update -- managed to make it boot after removing the lan1841 that I ordered with it (OpenBSD now installed and working like a charm).
So, as far as I can tell: with the lan1841 the main CPU refuses to boot, and uManager doesn't see the Flash BIOS (df reports zeroes everywhere I checked by hand). Without the lan1841, everything works fine (except I'm short 4 network ports, obviously). It seems a tight fit to plug it in, is the rackmount case known to be 1-2mm too short? On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 1:12 AM, Christian Lavoie <christian.lav...@gmail.com> wrote: > I recently purchased a net6501, aiming to use it as a home router > running OpenBSD. > > I can connect to the serial console, but the net6501 won't POST -- I > can access uManager, and try to start a download, but like many others > have posted to this list, the xmodem transfer aborts before really > starting, as far as I can tell it's timing out on the first XMODEM > block: > > > > # download > > Start sending file using XMODEM/CR protocol. > C~CLocal command? lsz -vvv -X b6501_141c.binC > lsz 0.12.20 > > mode:1 > Sending b6501_141c.bin, 1982 blocks: Give your local > XMODEM receive command now. > wctx:file length=253696 > Xmodem sectors/kbytes sent: 1/ 0kRetry 0: Timeout on sector ACK > > > > > I've paged through some of the flash using uManager's df, but from > what I can tell, it's all zeroes -- the machine was never flashed with > comBIOS to start with? > > I've found the old > http://lists.soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2011-December/017984.html > thread, and followed the various pieces of advice in it, yet am still > failing miserably. I've tried to upload from a working FreeBSD box > through a usb<->serial cable, and from a Windows machine running > HyperTerminal -- neither's worked. > > Anything else I can try? > > -- > Have fun, Christian > http://linkedin.christianlavoie.net > > "I won't let you fall apart." -- Have fun, Christian http://linkedin.christianlavoie.net "I won't let you fall apart." _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
