On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Mike Chirico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 05:53:21AM -0400, Andy Michaels wrote:
>> > I included that you've also got to specify to the Linux kernel to use the
>> > serial port and to set the baud rate. If I had known that, it would
>> > hav
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 05:53:21AM -0400, Andy Michaels wrote:
> > I included that you've also got to specify to the Linux kernel to use the
> > serial port and to set the baud rate. If I had known that, it would
> > have saved me 3-5 hours last night.
>
> Hmmm... I don't recall needing to do tha
> I don't know the reasoning, but it
> seems (from what I saw) that comBIOS needs the CF to be inserted on
> boot -- if I plug it in later, it causes problems.
I don't think IDE is a hotplug-capable bus. The devices need to be
present on boot.
> I included that you've also got to specify to the
On Friday 10 October 2008, you wrote:
> Which specific version of comBIOS 1.33x do you have on your 5501?
According to the comBIOS, just plain 1.33. It came up without a version
number. I saw there's a 1.33c after that, but the changelog didn't
have the differences, so I didn't want to bother
Which specific version of comBIOS 1.33x do you have on your 5501?
On 10/10/08, Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1) Is there a way to boot off the hard drive consistently, without
> dealing with the bug I've read about? (Then I wouldn't need the CF.)
Yes, you can set the boot order in the
I have a new net5501 and I want to install Debian Linux on it (BIOS is
1.33). I have a hard drive on it and I've setup a PXE boot server to
start the Linux install.
As I understand it, I can't boot off a hard drive and have to set
up /boot in the CF card. I've also found comments about a bug
