Would the firmware upgrade be the case when dealing with a Soekris 4801 box, or only for Alix?
-- Tas Mhn perimeneis na deis aspri mera....peta kai kana giaourti !!!! On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:31 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > *Fra:* mehma sarja [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sendt:* 18. november 2009 07:36 > *Til:* [email protected] > *Emne:* Re: [pfSense Support] Booting from CF, full install > > > > Anders, > > Hold off on that drive, please try to upgrade the firmware first. I seem to > recall getting that same error. Something in my old age has forced me to > start reading the documentation and my Alix board had .99 and not .99 <some > letter> firmware version. I tried forcing a new version of s/w on cf card > and got that error. After the firmware upgrade, the rest went smoothly. > > Yudhvir > === > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 12:14 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:13, Morgan Reed <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Most CF-IDE adapters I've come across aren't wired to allow the BIOS > > to negotiate DMA with the CF card; > > > > Try setting the following in your /etc/loader.conf > > hw.ata.ata_dma="0" > > hw.ata.atapi_dma="0" > > Hmmm, I blame lack of coffee... Re-reading your log it looks like the > bootloader doesn't like the geometry of the CF card, not sure what can > be done about this. > > Thank you for answering. I think I'll go with a hard drive instead. > > Kind regards Anders > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org > > >
