This message (from Sat Jan 3 20:45:15 UTC 2009) is very frustrating to me ... http://Lists.Soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2009-January/015352.html
It seems related to my problem: the Soekris BIOS does not recognize boot devices. It is easily possible to get the Soekris to boot from PXEboot, and it is easy and straightforward to install an OS, but you cannot get the Soekris net5501 to boot via any method other than PXEboot. What is the required magic to get the Soekris net5501 to boot from a hard disk? I read the messages about some Compact Flash disks not working, and the warning to only use a SanDisk device, before I bought my hardware. But I found nothing -- no warnings at all -- about hard disks. I wasn't worried about the Compact Flash issue, because I planned to use a hard drive. Now I see that I ought to have been worried. Apparently, there need to be some warnings about hard drives as well. Perhaps there needs to be a list of acceptable hard drives which work. (Mine is a Fujitsu MHW2100BH 80 GB 2.5" laptop drive. It is not recognized by the Soekris. It cannot be booted from, even though after getting an OS up and running (via PXEboot), the disk works just fine.) I'm still very frustrated. Very!!!!! Please help! Thanks, Ken Hendrickson PS My BIOS is 1.33. No c. No i. Just 1.33. Will upgrading my BIOS solve these problems?? PPS If upgrading my BIOS will solve these problems, then why was I shipped a board with a known non-working BIOS, when a working BIOS was available??? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of Hendrickson, Kenneth Sent: Tue 7/14/2009 10:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Soekris] Soekris Booting Problem What is the difference between Bios 1.33c and Bios 1.33i?? This page gives no details: http://www.Soekris.com/software/changelog.txt Wondering if I should upgrade my Bios, and to what version ... Thanks, Ken Hendrickson -----Original Message----- From: Hendrickson, Kenneth Sent: Tue 7/14/2009 10:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Soekris Booting Problem I have Bios 1.33. Bios 1.33c is available. Does it solve these problems??? Should I upgrade my Bios version?? Thanks, Ken Hendrickson PS IF Bios 1.33c solves the problems I am having, then why were my boards shipped with 1.33? Why not make your customers happy with working products, right out of the box? I'm very frustrated!! -----Original Message----- From: Hendrickson, Kenneth Sent: Tue 7/14/2009 9:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Soekris Booting Problem Is it possible that I have this problem -- disks w/ more than 1024 cylinders don't work AT ALL? http://Lists.Soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2009-March/015597.html My hard drive has more than 1024 cylinders, but all bootable partitions are below the 1024 cylinder boundary. Still, is this the problem? Do Soekris boards not work at all with disks that have more than 1024 cylinders? (If so, this is a fairly large problem, because it is now probably impossible to find a real hard drive with less than 1024 cylinders.) (Very) Frustrated and Anxiously Awaiting Answers or Suggestions ... Thanks, Ken Hendrickson -----Original Message----- From: Hendrickson, Kenneth Sent: Tue 7/14/2009 8:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Soekris Booting Problem Mischa & Soekris-Tech, Did you ever figure out the solution to your Soekris booting problem? http://Marc.info/?l=soekris-tech&m=115581919512700&w=2 I have a very similar problem. I have a Soekris net5501. It has a SATA hard drive in it. I've successfully installed OpenBSD, but I cannot boot it. I also get the "No Boot device available" message, and no matter what the BIOS settings, it always boots from PXE immediately. I get no time whatsoever to enter the ^P to enter the Bios Monitor program. No matter what the BootDelay setting, the box always boots immediately from PXE. Searching the net has not provided a solution. Do you remember how you solved it? Thanks, Ken Hendrickson _______________________________________________ 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
