Hi Eternity, On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 00:49 +0200, Eternity wrote: > Hi! > > Yes, I thought of that also, but I have used the same image on several > net5501 that is working just fine, so why not these? Also, if it was a > disk geometry problem - why would it work after a "warm reboot", but not > a "cold" one? > > For me, it seems like either some problem with the net5501 itself or > that this series of flashcards are causing something to happen.
You're right, I think that the GRUB error code for disk geometry trouble (which it sees as a "corrupted fs") is a different one. It's reported on several occasions in the archives. > Maybe LILO or syslinux can solve this, but I would like to find out > why this happens. I am not so glad in having several images to deal with > when preparing the boxes.. With those at least you never have to worry about DG trouble. Anyway, I'm biased on this issue, I didn't like the way in which the otherwise excellent Lilo was "obsoleted" in some GNU/Linux realms. I would use Lilo in all cases, if only because I can't remember ever having seen a posting about "Lilo unable to boot" on this list. GRUB on the other hand is a regular visitor..;) Bill > Chris > > > On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, Bill Maas wrote: > > > Hi Eternity, > > > > In addition to everything proposed so far: take a look at "disk geometry > > issues" on the Soekris Wiki. Those may also cause problems with GRUB. > > > > If that is the problem, just boot with Lilo or Syslinux (which is the > > smallest boot loader for Linux I think, an at least the easiest to > > configure). > > > > Bill > > > > On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 17:35 +0200, Eternity wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >> I have a problem with a whole bunch of NET5501:s. I have read some posts > >> with similar problems, but not exactly this, I think, so I post my > >> problem: > >> > >> On a Cold boot my CF Card is detected: > >> > >> Pri Mas CF CARD 1GB LBA Xlt 983-32-63 990 Mbyte > >> > >> Then at boot: > >> > >> GRUB Loading stage1.5. > >> > >> GRUB loading, please wait... > >> Error 25 > >> > >> --- > >> > >> If I press ctrl-p, and at once in combios makes a "reboot" everything > >> works OK, and GRUB can load correctly. > >> > >> I have used lots of net5501 boxes with this distribution (same image file > >> I write to the CF card) without any trouble at all. I have tried upgrading > >> BIOS to 1.33c version, but no change. > >> > >> Any ideas? Could it be the flash card? Or some defect on these batch of > >> boards? > >> > >> Regards, > >> Chris > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Soekris-tech mailing list > >> Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > >> http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > >> > > -- > > "There is nothing to worry about" - unknown > > > > > > -- "There is nothing to worry about" - unknown _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
