hi, it took me 8 hours in parallel to update the BIOS but some how i am able to update it too . this is the output which i got when it got updated.
> download Start sending file using XMODEM/CRC protocol. C File downloaded succesfully, size 784 Blocks. > flashupdate Updating BIOS Flash ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,.... Done. > when i did the hard boot after that it recognized the card and it started instaling all the things automatically and it ended when it asked me my login id and password . i assumed that this installation is done and switched it off . but when today i switched it on again , it is although detecting cf card and starting all the processes but after some time , the processing halts and i get these kind of errors displayed.. (i am showing only last few lines here which i assumed would have error . i can show you all if you want! ) NET: Registered protocol family 17 Using IPI Shortcut mode Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = 194010436 ns) Switching to clocksource pit ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) ata1: SRST failed (errno=-16) ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) ata1: SRST failed (errno=-16) ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) ata1: SRST failed (errno=-16) ata1: SRST failed (errno=-16) ata1: reset failed, giving up RAMDISK: gzip image found at block 0 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) on device 1:0. devtmpfs: mounted Freeing unused kernel memory: 296k freed AstLinux medium not found. /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off is there some problem with its timing or some thing ?? can i have any advice on it ?? On 6/17/12, Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> wrote: > > On Jun 15, 2012, at 11:58 PM, Jamshaid Anwar wrote: > >> hellow again :) >> now i m trying to boot net 5501 from the cf card but net5501 is >> unable to recognise it :( > > > Jamshaid, > > The net5501 is very picky on the CF card type that will work, basically > Soekris suggests that only SanDisk CF cards are supported. Others may work, > and some will not. BTW the PC Engines Alix (alix2d3 / alix2d13) boards do > not have this problem. > > So, if you are not using a SanDisk CF card on your net5501, give one a try. > > Next, to make sure the CF is OK, use your CF -> USB dongle to mount the card > on a PC desktop, you should see a "os" directory and such. This proves the > CF card is written properly. > > Finally, if the above are satisfied and it still doesn't recognize the CF > card, as Jason McCleary suggested you need to upgrade the BIOS of the > net5501 to the latest 1.33c firmware. > > net5501 BIOS release version 1.33c > http://soekris.com/media/software/b5501_133c.bin > > Upgrading the net5501 firmware is a real PITA, you need just the right > flavor of XModem with a terminal program off the serial port. Here are some > suggestions, I have used the "Minicom" method on OS X in the past with some > hair pulling: > > http://wiki.soekris.info/Updating_Bios > > Please refer any Soekris BIOS upgrading questions to the Soekris mailing > list, not here. Thanks. > > Good luck, hope simply switching to a SanDisk CF card solves your net5501 > boot problems. > > Lonnie > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > 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. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ 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.
