Re: [Soekris] Combination of EXT2 & JFFS2 (as RootFS) don't boot Soekris net4521

2007-09-27 Thread Bill Maas
Hello Bhagyashri, On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 10:08 +0530, Bhagyashri Katole wrote: > Hi , > > >So the problem seems to lie within the kernel - after all it's the > kernel that reboots, not Lilo (AFAIK > Lilo can't do that). > >Kernels have bugs too. > > > But , I tried same kernel image to boot my

Re: [Soekris] Combination of EXT2 & JFFS2 (as RootFS) don't boot Soekris net4521

2007-09-27 Thread Jussi Peltola
Hi, On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:08:10AM +0530, Bhagyashri Katole wrote: > But , I tried same kernel image to boot my computer, it worked fine ... > All jffs2 modules got inserted properly Not even that I am using same > kernel image now... Your computer probably isn't a Soekris - unfortunately

Re: [Soekris] Combination of EXT2 & JFFS2 (as RootFS) don't boot Soekris net4521

2007-09-27 Thread Bhagyashri Katole
Hi , >So the problem seems to lie within the kernel - after all it's the kernel that reboots, not Lilo (AFAIK > Lilo can't do that). >Kernels have bugs too. But , I tried same kernel image to boot my computer, it worked fine ... All jffs2 modules got inserted properly Not even that I am us

Re: [Soekris] 5501 is OK with pfSense embedded firewall image

2007-09-27 Thread Brian A. Seklecki
The fixes likely wont get MFC'd from -current into RELENG_6_2, but probably into RELENG_6 for 6.3-release. The pfSense guys probably orient their Releng cycle around the FreeBSD one to some extent. ~BAS On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 00:10 +0100, Martin Johnson wrote: > Just a quick note to report that t

Re: [Soekris] CF/SD/flash on a mini-PCI?

2007-09-27 Thread Joel Jaeggli
Bob Camp wrote: > Hi > > Sounds like it's time to become TC inc > > I certainly would keep trying. There are a lot of distributors out > there and this kind of thing is what they do for a living. Somebody > should be able to help out. Ruight... The reason I knew that company made said p

Re: [Soekris] CF/SD/flash on a mini-PCI?

2007-09-27 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Sounds like it's time to become TC inc I certainly would keep trying. There are a lot of distributors out there and this kind of thing is what they do for a living. Somebody should be able to help out. Bob On Sep 27, 2007, at 3:11 PM, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > Bob Camp schrieb:

Re: [Soekris] CF/SD/flash on a mini-PCI?

2007-09-27 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Tomasz Chmielewski schrieb: > Bob Camp schrieb: >> Hi >> >> I would talk to one of the distributors in Europe. It sounds like a good >> card. You might get them to stock the "second" one. > > I found a firm in Europe that has it: > > http://www.bvm-store.com/ProductDetail.asp?fdProductId=423 >

Re: [Soekris] Net5501 1.32d issue?

2007-09-27 Thread Marc Balmer
solar wrote: > Net5501 / OpenBSD 4.1. > Disk ( comBIOS [OpenBSD] ): > Pri Mas HTE721010G9AT00 LBA Xlt 1024-255-63 97 Gbyte > [wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 95396MB, 195371568 sectors ] > Pri Sla CF CARD 4GB LBA Xlt 983-128-63 3964 Mbyte > [wd1: 1-sector PIO, LB

Re: [Soekris] Power Supply

2007-09-27 Thread Egbert Jan
Bob, I have a 4801in use as router (monowall) and have applied the mod to use a decent external 5V / 1.5A powersupply to the internal connector (see the 4801 manual). Since then all my spurious problems are gone. I have a Wifi mini PCI card and a 10 Gb disk and a 2 Gb flash installed. All this tog

Re: [Soekris] Power Supply

2007-09-27 Thread Bob Keyes
You guys are correct. I didn't do my electronics math correctly. Mea Culpa On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Maurice Janssen wrote: > On Thursday, September 27, 2007 at 14:57:01 -0400, Bob Keyes wrote: >> We've had a small bit of unreliable activity from the net4826. There's no >> manual for the net4826, bu

Re: [Soekris] Power Supply

2007-09-27 Thread Maurice Janssen
On Thursday, September 27, 2007 at 14:57:01 -0400, Bob Keyes wrote: >We've had a small bit of unreliable activity from the net4826. There's no >manual for the net4826, but I am generally referred to the net4801 manual >when I have questions on it. It says, regarding power, "... >a small wall mou

[Soekris] Net5501 1.32d issue?

2007-09-27 Thread solar
Net5501 / OpenBSD 4.1. Disk ( comBIOS [OpenBSD] ): Pri Mas HTE721010G9AT00 LBA Xlt 1024-255-63 97 Gbyte [wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 95396MB, 195371568 sectors ] Pri Sla CF CARD 4GB LBA Xlt 983-128-63 3964 Mbyte [wd1: 1-sector PIO, LBA, 3871MB, 7928928 secto

Re: [Soekris] Power Supply

2007-09-27 Thread Tuomo Latto
Bob Keyes wrote: > We've had a small bit of unreliable activity from the net4826. There's no > manual for the net4826, but I am generally referred to the net4801 manual > when I have questions on it. It says, regarding power, "... > a small wall mount unregulated power adapter,supplying 6V-28V D

Re: [Soekris] CF/SD/flash on a mini-PCI?

2007-09-27 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Bob Camp schrieb: > Hi > > I would talk to one of the distributors in Europe. It sounds like a good > card. You might get them to stock the "second" one. I found a firm in Europe that has it: http://www.bvm-store.com/ProductDetail.asp?fdProductId=423 But: "Thank you for your enquiry. Sorry b

[Soekris] Power Supply

2007-09-27 Thread Bob Keyes
We've had a small bit of unreliable activity from the net4826. There's no manual for the net4826, but I am generally referred to the net4801 manual when I have questions on it. It says, regarding power, "... a small wall mount unregulated power adapter,supplying 6V-28V DC at 15 VA" I have been

Re: [Soekris] Combination of EXT2 & JFFS2 (as RootFS) don't boot Soekris net4521

2007-09-27 Thread Bill Maas
Hello, JFFS is beyond me, but geometry issues have been described over and over again on this list. You could try fdisk-ing the CF again with the real CHS values the Soekris combios sees as args to fdisk. Still, Lilo would usually display as screenful of 0x0N's if it fails to load the kernel: "If

Re: [Soekris] Combination of EXT2 & JFFS2 (as RootFS) don't boot Soekris net4521

2007-09-27 Thread Tuomo Latto
Bhagyashri Katole wrote: >> Any chance you had the geometry wrong/different when creating >> the partitions (since you probably did the installation >> on a different computer)? > > I did not get any error while preparing and mounting JFFS2 partitions on > different computer .. > I successfully

Re: [Soekris] [net5501] Bios Update

2007-09-27 Thread ervin
... if you mean download and update the bios it's here the update part: http://www.ultradesic.com/?section=36 br ev On 27/09/2007, Soekris Tech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > how can i downgrade and the upgrade the bios on the net5501, like the > recommendation on the homepage

[Soekris] [net5501] Bios Update

2007-09-27 Thread Soekris Tech
Hi Folks, how can i downgrade and the upgrade the bios on the net5501, like the recommendation on the homepage says? Regards, Juergen ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech

Re: [Soekris] clocks on 5501

2007-09-27 Thread mickey
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 04:02:41PM +, mickey wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:25:38PM +, mickey wrote: > > re > > it appears that rtc and mfgpt clocks frequencies are approximately > > 6 times higher than they are supposed to be (32khz). > > i've tried to figure out if it is fixable by p

Re: [Soekris] clocks on 5501

2007-09-27 Thread mickey
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:25:38PM +, mickey wrote: > re > it appears that rtc and mfgpt clocks frequencies are approximately > 6 times higher than they are supposed to be (32khz). > i've tried to figure out if it is fixable by playing with > cs5536 registers to no avail. > is there a fix known

Re: [Soekris] net5501 excessively fast (10x) hardware clock options?

2007-09-27 Thread John Kline
On Sep 26, 2007, at 10:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There are two capacitors under crystal X3 on the board that > need to be replaced with 22pf NP0 0603 case parts. > > They are right below the X3 crystal (look on the silkscreen > and the X3 crystal is clearly labelled). They are side-by-

Re: [Soekris] [net5501] no signal after reboot

2007-09-27 Thread Tom Mazzotta
I was referring to repowering the box OR using a bent paper clip to push the reset switch. I you have already tried these procedures, You may need the advice of another list member with more OpenBSD experience. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: [Soekris] [net5501] no signal after reboot

2007-09-27 Thread squale
Le Jeu 27 septembre 2007 14:07, Tom Mazzotta a écrit : > Try a hard reset. There is a known problem w/ the 5501 where the boot > device is not recognized on reboot. Soekris says they are working on a BIOS > update to address this issue. Sorry for my bad english. With "hard reset", do you mean to "t

Re: [Soekris] [net5501] no signal after reboot

2007-09-27 Thread Tom Mazzotta
Try a hard reset. There is a known problem w/ the 5501 where the boot device is not recognized on reboot. Soekris says they are working on a BIOS update to address this issue. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday

[Soekris] [net5501] no signal after reboot

2007-09-27 Thread squale
Hi, After installing/rebooting OpenBSD on my net5501, i dont get signal trough the com0 port. When the box boot, i get a countdown for the OS boot and when it comes to 1, i dont get much signal... For the moment, i cant do any other tests since i am not at my home but since i got it in mind i was

Re: [Soekris] Combination of EXT2 & JFFS2 (as RootFS) don't boot Soekris net4521

2007-09-27 Thread Bhagyashri Katole
>Any chance you had the geometry wrong/different when creating >the partitions (since you probably did the installation >on a different computer)? I did not get any error while preparing and mounting JFFS2 partitions on different computer .. I successfully copied RootFS on 2nd partition ... >

Re: [Soekris] Combination of EXT2 & JFFS2 (as RootFS) don't boot Soekris net4521

2007-09-27 Thread Tuomo Latto
Bhagyashri Katole wrote: > Now LILO reboots continuously after msg "LILO loading Linux ." Any chance you had the geometry wrong/different when creating the partitions (since you probably did the installation on a different computer)? Or does that even apply to CF? -- Tuomo ... A little ina

Re: [Soekris] Combination of EXT2 & JFFS2 (as RootFS) don't boot Soekris net4521

2007-09-27 Thread Bhagyashri Katole
Hi Bill, Thanks for Reply >Also make sure that your system is configured for serial output, or you will have a similar problem >once the kernel has booted. Yes , I checked my system is configured for serial output ... /boot/lilo.conf is as follows - boot=/dev/sdb disk=/dev/sdb bios=0x80 l

Re: [Soekris] Combination of EXT2 & JFFS2 (as RootFS) don't boot Soekris net4521

2007-09-27 Thread Bill Maas
Hello Bhagyashri, no error messages so Linux is probably getting up and running well. You probably have configured the boot loader to talk to the appropriate com port, but this doesn't get passed to the kernel so the kernel output is sent to nowhere (or at least nowhere you can find it;). Of cour