I now use Transcend on the HP Thin clients, and have not had any problems. Their 1 Gig is a direct plug replacement for the original (smaller ) flash, and costs considerable less than a CF adapter and CF card. I have also used with success just about any CF card, including no name ones in the HP's with no problems. The HP thin clients use a flash with a 44 pin socket, mating to 44 pin plug on the MB. Not all CF adapters worked with the HP. For anyone not needing multiple Ethernet ports, the HP thin clients are a nice fit with AstLinux.
John Novack Chris Abnett wrote: > I am using the Sandisk Ultra II 2 gig cards without issues on all of my > Net5501's.. I had tried other cards and had some issues with detection or > the card coming off line while the system was running.. but thus far no > issues in 6 months with the Ultra II's.. > > -Christopher > > -----Original Message----- > From: Darrick Hartman [mailto:dhart...@djhsolutions.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 7:47 AM > To: tom.chad...@nnpa.org.uk; AstLinux Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] net5501 PXE-E61: Media test failure, check > > Tom, > > No problem. It may or may not solve your problem. I have a Sandisk > card that I bought from Soekris that does not work on a net5501. You > can also buy bad knock off copies of Sandisk on ebay. I've been pretty > successful using Transcend media. > > Darrick > > On 07/28/2010 06:22 AM, Tom Chadwin wrote: > >> OK, I thought it might be that. I just decided this time not to buy a >> Sandisk from Soekris, as they are so expensive. I therefore bought a couple >> of Fuji CFs at a local photography shop which were half the price (£20), and >> I guess that's the problem. Just found a UK eBayer with new Sandisks nearly >> half the price of the Fujis, though (£13 for 4GB rather than €39 for 2GB >> from Soekris), so that might be the solution. >> >> Thanks, and apologies for the hardware OTness. >> >> Tom >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Darrick Hartman [mailto:dhart...@djhsolutions.com] >>> Sent: 28 July 2010 12:10 >>> To: astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] net5501 PXE-E61: Media test >>> failure, check >>> >>> On 07/28/2010 02:05 AM, Michael Keuter wrote: >>> >>>>> Hello all >>>>> >>>>> Just got a couple of new net5501s and berofixes, and am >>>>> >>> getting this >>> >>>>> error on occasion: >>>>> >>>>> PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable >>>>> >>>>> I can get past it via comBIOS Monitor with: >>>>> >>>>> set PXEBoot=Disabled >>>>> >>>>> However, the problem reoccurs after a while. I know nothing about >>>>> this side of things, so can anyone explain what is happening? >>>>> >>> It means that your CF card was not detected by the net5501. >>> Their standard suggestion is to use a SanDisk CF card, but >>> I've even seen that problem with SanDisk cards at times. >>> Sometimes going from 1.33 to 1.33c bios version helps. >>> >>> http://lists.soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2008-June/014451.html >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/soekris-t...@lists.soekris.com/msg >>> 02312.html >>> >>> This is not an Astlinux problem. It's a hardware issue of >>> the net5501. >>> I hope that they resolve it on the next series of devices. >>> >>> Darrick >>> -- >>> Darrick Hartman >>> DJH Solutions, LLC >>> http://www.djhsolutions.com >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---------------- >>> The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the >>> Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for >>> a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here >>> for more details: >>> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? >>> http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Astlinux-users mailing list >>> Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users >>> >>> Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via >>> PayPal to pay...@krisk.org. >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the >> Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share >> of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? >> http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Astlinux-users mailing list >> Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users >> >> Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to >> pay...@krisk.org. >> > > -- Dog is my Co-pilot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
