[Soekris] dead 4501?

[Huub Reuver]

On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 02:37:49PM -0400, Matt Stockdale wrote:
> After bringing my 4501 out of retirement (emBSD never worked right for me) and getting it going w/ the Bering LEAF Distro, it seems to have kicked the bucket on me.
> 
> Most of the time, when I plug it in, I get nothing on console. Every 6th or 7th time, I might get snippets of the boot process. On the rare occasion it gets all the way though booting the linux image, and gives me a prompt, I can't enter anything.
> 
> As usual, the Power and Error lights are on at boot, and the Error light shuts off a few seconds after being powered up..
> 
> Has anyone seen anything like this before?

Have you ever tried booting via NFS?
It seems to me it can be controlled more than booting from a CF-disk. 
Even though it is less secure in a critical environment. It might just 
be a bad image on the CF-disk.

The first thing I should check when the console does not respond is the 
serial cable. Have you tried to use it with other pc?

With regards,
Huub Reuver