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> > Pri Mas SanDisk SDCFB-16 LBA 490-2-32 15 Mbyte Dunno if this is related, but you might just check... http://lists.soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2004-June/006169.html http://lists.soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2004-June/006172.html Best regards, Klaus > I've never had an issue like this, so my question is why is this > necessary if you follow the install instructions from the website. > It seems like a hardware issue might be more likely than anything else. > > Jimmy > > > On Mar 22, 2007, at 10:28 AM, krt wrote: > > Hrmm, I'm not sure about that boot error, is it possible that the > soekris isn't set to boot off of CF? > > As for zeroing out, yes, fill it with zeroes. In linux land, and > this assumes that your CF shows up as /dev/sda. This should work in > FreeBSD as well, assuming it has a /dev/zero > > this takes a bit: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda > > You can speed it up and not blank the last "sector" with this, which > should be fine: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=16k > > > After it's blank you can go about writing the image as usual > > at a minimum I blank this way for most CF installs, which usually > blows away any MBR and enough partition information that any > subsequent blocks will be discarded if found or wrote over. > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=64 > > > > Troels Månsson Kaspersen wrote: > > krt wrote: > >> I had little luck until I zero'd out the image beforehand and > >> found the right flash cards. I've a few 256 and lower cards that > >> anything but my cameras just don't like. I've not come across any > >> 512's though, so I've been sticking with those. > >> > >> What does the Soekris do when you try to boot it? Can you show us > >> the terminal output of where it errors or it's last actions? > >> > >> > >> Troels Månsson Kaspersen wrote: > >>> Hi everyone, > >>> > >>> I've been trying to boot m0n0wall on a Soekris 4501 from a > >>> Compact Flash card. > >>> > >>> I've tried copying the image onto the CF card using both gunzip/ > >>> dd on linux and physdiskwrite on Windows XP assuming that the > >>> problem was here. > >>> > >>> But by accident I rebooted my computer (configured to boot from > >>> USB device) and it ended up booting FreeBSD from the CF card > >>> placed in my USB cardwriter. > >>> > >>> I've tried 4 different CF cards (16M, 128M, 2x256M), older, new > >>> and beta version of the m0n0wall image, upgrading the BIOS of the > >>> Soekris unit to the newest version. > >>> > >>> I've tried looking in the archives for a solution but did not > >>> find one. > >>> > >>> > >>> What am I doing wrong? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> - > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > >>> > >>> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > >> For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > >> > >> > > The output from Soekris says: > > comBIOS ver. 1.29 20070204 Copyright (C) 2000-2005 Soekris > > Engineering. > > net45xx > > 0064 Mbyte Memory CPU 80486 133 Mhz > > Pri Mas SanDisk SDCFB-16 LBA 490-2-32 15 Mbyte > > Slot Vend Dev ClassRev Cmd Stat CL LT HT Base1 Base2 Int > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 0:00:0 1022 3000 06000000 0006 2280 00 00 00 00000000 00000000 > > 0:18:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E001 A0000000 10 > > 0:19:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E101 A0001000 11 > > 0:20:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E201 A0002000 05 > > 1 Seconds to automatic boot. Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor. > > Boot error > > When you say zero'ed out. Is that filling out the image with zeroes > > so that it fit's the size of the CF? And if so could you tell me in > > principle how I do it? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > > _________________________________________________________ This mail sent using V-webmail - http://www.v-webmail.orgg |