[Soekris] Issues with detecting disk and booting on 5501

[Martin Johnson]

On 2 Jul 2008, at 16:41, Juan Ignacio wrote:

> Rémi Laurent wrote:
>> * Dánial Olsen - 02-07-2008 à 13h04:
>>
>>
>>>>>> On 26-06-2008 at 11:03, Soren Kristensen <soren at soekris.com>  
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>> I'm having difficulties with net5501-70 using SATA disks. The big
>>>>> problem is that the 5501 doesn't detect the SATA disk on every  
>>>>> boot
>>>>>
>>> -
>>>
>>>>> which is totally unacceptable. In fact I need to plug/unplug the
>>>>> power 4-5 times before the comBIOS detects the disk.
>>>>>
>>>> Some boards form the latest batch have that problem with the SATA
>>>> interface, I'm working on it and expect to know what's happening,  
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> hopefully have a solution, in a few days.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Hi again,
>>>
>>> It's been a few days and I've got 5 units that I need to deploy.
>>> Are you any closer to a solution and what do you expect that to be?
>>> BIOS upgrade or board replacements?
>>>
>>
>> I don't known if this is an acceptable fix, but I had the same  
>> problem
>> with a bunch of 5501 flashed with BIOS version 1.33b, downgrading to
>> version 1.33 seems to have solved the problem.
>>
>>
> Me too. Downgrading from 1.33b to 1.33 it solves.
>
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