Have you tried booting off the CF card on a desktop system using a CF->IDE
adapter to make sure the card is setup correctly? That was one of my
problems initially. I never had the CF card bootloader setup correctly and
had a misconfigured lilo.
If that is not the case also make sure that the bo
From: "Bill Maas"
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 1:22 AM
> On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 21:58 -0800, TechKid PC wrote:
>> I finally have the necessary cables and am able to access the comBIOS via
>> a
>> USB->Serial->Null-Mode->Female-Gender-Changer adapter chain.
I finally have the necessary cables and am able to access the comBIOS via a
USB->Serial->Null-Mode->Female-Gender-Changer adapter chain.
Is there anything special that I need to do in the bios, or to the OS
installed on the cf card for it to boot? I setup Crux on a MicroSD card (via
a MicroSD->
Are you using a null-modem cable?
If not try this adapter:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062210
Tom
- Original Message -
From: "Hansen Cahyono"
To:
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Soekris] comBIOS conlock problem
Hi Bill,
I tried using Hy
From: "Christopher R. Hertel"
> That's why it's called "comBIOS". The Soekris BIOS sends its output to
> the
> serial port.
Ah thanks that explains it. That was the only way I assumed would prove
useful for trouble shooting any boot errors but all the documentation I have
found online did not
ing and wait
a week for it to arrive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812203018
Thanks,
Tom
- Original Message -
From: "Bill Maas"
To: "TechKid PC"
Cc:
Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 2:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Soekris] Net5501 and Crux
> Hi,
>
Hello everyone I just signed up to the list and am having some difficulties
with my Net5501 box.
Ive had this unit for over 4 months now and still cannot get it up and running.
Im using Crux 2.5 i586 with the 2.6.29 kernel.
I am currently using a MicroSD->SD->CF II adapter. (Im trying to stick w
