Bryan Irvine wrote: > We had the same problem. We were using Kingston CF cards and switched > to Sandisk. No problems since. I guess the problem lies with the This is same mantra Soekris is preaching - only SanDisk know how to make CF cards that boot properly. I have a Transcend CF that boot fine on every system I have tried it on but the 5501. Also users have reported that even some SanDisk industrial cards won't boot.
> card itself not doing something correctly. Maybe someone else can > explain better. > > -B > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 2:32 AM, Thorsten M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>My net5501 doesn't boot from the CF card. My net4501 has no problem with >>exactly the same card. Here are my BIOS settings: >> >>ConSpeed = 19200 >>ConLock = Enabled >>ConMute = Disabled >>BIOSentry = Enabled >>PCIROMS = Enabled >>PXEBoot = Disabled >>FLASH = Primary >>BootDelay = 5 >>FastBoot = Disabled >>BootPartition = Disabled >>BootDrive = 80 81 F0 FF >>ShowPCI = Enabled >>Reset = Hard >>CpuSpeed = Default >> >> >> >>And the boot log: >> >> >> >>comBIOS ver. 1.33 20070103 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Soekris Engineering. >> >>net5501 >> >>0512 Mbyte Memory CPU Geode LX 500 Mhz >> >>Pri Sla CHS Xlt 1024-5-63 161 Mbyte >> >>Slot Vend Dev ClassRev Cmd Stat CL LT HT Base1 Base2 Int >>------------------------------------------------------------------- >>0:01:2 1022 2082 10100000 0006 0220 08 00 00 A0000000 00000000 10 >>0:06:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E101 A0004000 11 >>0:07:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E201 A0004100 05 >>0:08:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E301 A0004200 09 >>0:09:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E401 A0004300 12 >>0:14:0 104C AC23 06040002 0107 0210 08 40 01 00000000 00000000 >>0:20:0 1022 2090 06010003 0009 02A0 08 40 80 00006001 00006101 >>0:20:2 1022 209A 01018001 0005 02A0 08 00 00 00000000 00000000 >>0:21:0 1022 2094 0C031002 0006 0230 08 00 80 A0005000 00000000 15 >>0:21:1 1022 2095 0C032002 0006 0230 08 00 00 A0006000 00000000 15 >>1:00:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 40 00 0000D001 A4000000 10 >>1:01:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 40 00 0000D101 A4001000 07 >>1:02:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 40 00 0000D201 A4002000 10 >>1:03:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 40 00 0000D301 A4003000 07 >> >> 1 Seconds to automatic boot. Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor. >> >>Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 082) >>Copyright (C) 1997,1998,1999 Intel Corporation >>VIA Rhine III Management Adapter v2.43 (2005/12/15) >>PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable >> >>PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM. >> >>No Boot device available, enter monitor. >> >> >>comBIOS Monitor. Press ? for help. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Soekris-tech mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech >> > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
