Bill Maas wrote: > On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 03:28 -0800, TechKid PC wrote: >> From: "Bill Maas" <b...@stsx.org> >> 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. >>> With that you should have dealt with about 80% of standard possible >>> trouble. >> I know its a pretty convoluted setup. :-P >> But it is the *only* thing that worked as my laptop does not include a >> serial port. >> I am able to use the comBIOS without any problems, so it seems to be working >> fine. >> >>> If the Soekris site doesn't state that MicroSD cards are supported, the >>> odds are against you.. (this is a case of "non-standard possible >>> trouble") >> That could very well be the case. The comBIOS however does see the card and >> list it when I first turn it on with the proper size. >> >> Out of curiosity, do you know why some CF brands work better then others >> when it comes to compabilitiy? >> I could see if a manufacturer did not include support for a certain call or >> function, but if the card is booting just fine off of a desktop via a >> CF->IDE adapter how could it not work with a soekris box? (Asuming the disk >> geometry is not the issue, which mention at the bottom of this message) > > Initialization and timing issues which are well beyond my knowledge, but > I've been following this list for a while;). Search for "soekris boot > problem" and you'll find plenty of background info. In general, the > assumption that if "stuff" works fine in one context it should also work > in another (apparently) similar context doesn't seem to hold well if > computer hardware (or software, for that matter) is involved. Except that I have had problems with a CF plugged into the onboard cf socket that worked fine plugged into a $6 cf to ide adapter plugged into the ide connector on the Net5501. This tells me that the implementation is poorly designed on the Net5501. > > To answer your question properly: no, there doesn't seem to be a way to > reset the comBIOS to factory defaults on a Soekris box. It wouldn't help > much in the case of a "wrong" baud rate setting either, because the baud > rate would still be a valid one (or else it would be rejected in the > first place, I assume) and the problem could therefore be delegated to > the terminal configuration. I don't see how one could mess up the > comBIOS settings in such a way that it would no longer be accessible. > Unless that ConLock option does something funny with the UART. > > Bill > >>>> On a second note, I dont see any way to "hard reset" the bios settings >>>> that >>>> are changed via the set command. What recovery options are available if >>>> one >>>> sets an incorrect option in the combios and disables serial output (or >>>> something similar) making it impossible to manage the device? There is no >>>> removable battery and no reset jumper I can find. >>> Section 2.5 of the Soekris net4801 manual, preliminary version 0.01;). >> I read that section in the manual, as well as the in the wiki under: >> http://wiki.soekris.info/What_do_all_those_BIOS_settings_do >> >> They just list what the options are for, not how to reset any of them if you >> are unable to see any output. >> >> >> From: "686f6c6d" <686f6...@googlemail.com> >> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 12:56 AM >> >>> I am no expert, but other than setting a unusual baudrate (which you >>> would have to guess then to make it work again) I see no way to >>> achieve such a mess-up. at least, I have not yet managed to do that. >> Ah ok that makes sense and could be an "answer" to my question about not >> seeing a reset option for the bios. >> If there are no settings that could be changed which could "lock" out the >> user then a reset feature is not needed. >> Ive seen many people overclock a cpu/ram, set a password and forget it, etc. >> in their destktop PC's bios and the only way to fix it is the reset jumper. >> I was worried something similar could happen with the Soekris box. >> >> I assume that the conMute setting simply prevents output from being sent to >> the serial port, but still accepts commands? >> (Such as set ConMute=Disabled) >> >>> Im' not sure from your explanation if you did this installation on a >>> PC or your Soekris. If it was on a PC, did you give fdisk (maybe >>> before, maybe during install) the correct disk geometry values as >>> described in http://wiki.soekris.info/What_is_this_disk_geometry_thing >> That could very well be the case. I didnt even think of checking the >> geometry values. >> Ill give it a try and if it does not work I will pickup a sandisk CF card. >> >> Thanks for the replies, >> Tom >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Soekris-tech mailing list >> Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com >> http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech >> > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech >
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