On 5 nov. 2011, at 13:00, mokkurkalve <xeno...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just purchased a net6501. What I wonder about is because I read that the > comBIOS still has some issues is whether I can use the comBIOS 1.40h > http://soekris.com/media/software/b6501_140h.bin to > 1) boot from the internal low profile USB socket in order to > 2) run stock OpenBSD 5.0
On that topic, Soren's recent message about BIOS 1.40h said: > I am preparing the first comBIOS update for the net6501, will fix the > mptable, enable ht, fix reboot issue, flashupdate command and a couple > of minor things. ... > I have also tested OpenBSD 4.9 and FreeBSD 8.2, those run perfectly fine > with Hyper-Threading and MSI-X interrupts. So since Soren is not mentioning 'booting from USB' as part of the list of new features in 1.40h, I assume that USB boot code is *not* part of that release yet! Personally, I am quite interested in the USB boot code, as I was a bit surprised to find that the SATA drive kit cannot be installed at the same time as a PCIe card in the net6501 in the standard case, so I need the USB boot code before I can close the lid on my new 6501-70 since I need a PCIe USB 3.0 card for my application (NAS). I know Soren has a lot to do, but here's adding a vote for the USB boot code! Regards, Denis F. _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
