Re: [Opensoekris-users] Re: [OpenSoekris-commit] OpenSoekris - OpenBSD 3.4

[Ben L. <be...@ti...>]

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On Nov 2, 2003, at 9:12 AM, LittleW0lf wrote:
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> This really doesn't belong in commit, so I am forwarding to 
> opensoekris-users instead.
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> I've gotten OpenSoekris 3.4 current to boot on a Net4501, Net4521, and 
> Net4801...it is possible.
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> The problem is that the Soekris is particularly picky about CF chips, 
> and if you do not have the CF chip formatted properly, you'll not be 
> able to boot it.  Do you have a make and model number for the chip, 
> one of us might have seen it before and might be able to to help you 
> out?  I know for a fact that SanDisk 32, SanDisk 64, and Kingston 32 
> chips work, as well as TDM128 chips, and I can give you the settings 
> if you have any of these chips.  I have not been able to get Kingston 
> 128 or SanDisk 128  (SDCFB128) chips to work, though the script does 
> handle SanDisk 128 (SDCFA128) chips.
>
> When you boot the Soekris with the latest firmware, you should see a 
> line which describes the heads, clusters, and sectors.  You can use 
> that to fix the script to format the chip correctly.  I've had 
> moderate success using that method (which is descibed at 
> http://www.nmedia.net/~chris/soekris/install.html.)

Soren has released a new BIOS for the net45xx's, that makes it more 
forgiving about which CF's it will work properly with. I have not 
tested it (yet), but you might want to give it a shot.

http://soekris.com/Software/b4501_122.bin

I see that there is also a newer one for the net4801, but as I don't 
have a model to play with I'll leave it at that :)

// Ben
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