[Soekris] NET5501 Boot Problem

[Sargun Dhillon]

Don't use Grub. It is way too beefy for what you need. Use syslinux!
It's much simpler, and easier. Additionally, it is far more mature than
the grub project.



Eternity wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have a problem with a whole bunch of NET5501:s. I have read some posts 
> with similar problems, but not exactly this, I think, so I post my 
> problem:
>
> On a Cold boot my CF Card is detected:
>
> Pri Mas  CF CARD 1GB                     LBA Xlt 983-32-63  990 Mbyte
>
> Then at boot:
>
> GRUB Loading stage1.5.
>
> GRUB loading, please wait...
> Error 25
>
> ---
>
> If I press ctrl-p, and at once in combios makes a "reboot" everything 
> works OK, and GRUB can load correctly.
>
> I have used lots of net5501 boxes with this distribution (same image file 
> I write to the CF card) without any trouble at all. I have tried upgrading
> BIOS to 1.33c version, but no change.
>
> Any ideas? Could it be the flash card? Or some defect on these batch of
> boards?
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
>
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