Re: [leaf-user] Compact Flash Boot Failure

[Jim Walters]

Hi,
The PCMCIA flash technology was something I used before CF was 
available. I have some PCMCIA to IDE adapters that I bought from 
Addtron, and I bought a bunch of 32M PCMCIA cards. The solution was 
fairly expensive at about $200 per system (compare that to a $20 adapter 
and a $10 CF card today), but at the time it was more about the 
reliability in my router than anything else. The only reason that I 
mentioned it was that I have systems that have been in place for 5 years 
and have never had a problem. I've had some of them running since when 
Dave and the gang were starting out with LRP.

Thanks,
Jim
wing newton wrote:
Jim,
How did you get it booted from pcmcia flash ? 

Thanks.
Newton
--- Jim Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 

Hi,
I am running a number of boxes for years from CF and
PCMCIA flash and 
have never had anything like that happen.  Without
any more information, 
I would tend to look at the power supply as a
potential causer of 
problems, since bad or slow powerup during the
startup phase could 
confuse the CF cards.

I realize that is significantly less than $0.02
worth, but it's all I've 
got.

Thanks,
Jim Walters
Brock Nanson wrote:
   

I've got several boxes running several versions of
     

Bering and Bering 
   

uClibc, all on Compact Flash cards.  They've all
     

been reliable, except 
   

for one box.  Twice in the last six months, the
     

box has failed to 
   

boot.  The CF is recognized in the BIOS, but no
     

boot information seems 
   

to be found.  The first time it happened, I
     

swapped the CF card for 
   

another and built the system from scratch.  This
     

time I'm wondering if 
   

the computer could be part of the problem.  I
     

don't like the double 
   

coincidences of it a) failing in the first place
     

and b) failing 
   

*twice* in the same box on different CF's. 
     

Especially when all the 
   

others have run for years.
Has anyone had a problem like this?  I'd like to
     

know if the box could 
   

be the problem before I take the time to replace
     

this CF yet again.  
   

The unit is in a remote location and is fairly
     

mission-critical.  I 
   

can't have this happen so regularly.
Brock

     

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