[Soekris] NET5501 Boot Problem

Thu Jul 17 19:47:33 UTC 2008

Wim Vandeputte mailinglist only wrote:
> hey,
> 
> This is actually the same error you see with FreeBSD and OpenBSD when
> the BIOS has problems recognising the CF. You can spot it when there is
> a 20 second delay when detecting the CF and when the bootloader tries
> any disk activity
> 
> comBIOS ver. 1.33c 20080626  Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Soekris Engineering.
> 
> net5501
> 
> 0256 Mbyte Memory                        CPU Geode LX 434 Mhz 
> 
> Pri Mas  SILICONSYSTEMS INC 1GB          LBA Xlt 1015-32-63  1023 Mbyte
> 
> Slot   Vend Dev  ClassRev Cmd  Stat CL LT HT  Base1    Base2   Int 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> 0:01:2 1022 2082 10100000 0006 0220 08 00 00 A0000000 00000000 10
> 0:06:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E101 A0004000 11
> 0:07:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E201 A0004100 05
> 0:08:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E301 A0004200 09
> 0:09:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E401 A0004300 12
> 0:20:0 1022 2090 06010003 0009 02A0 08 40 80 00006001 00006101 
> 0:20:2 1022 209A 01018001 0005 02A0 08 00 00 00000000 00000000 
> 0:21:0 1022 2094 0C031002 0006 0230 08 00 80 A0005000 00000000 15
> 0:21:1 1022 2095 0C032002 0006 0230 08 00 00 A0006000 00000000 15
> 
>  1 Seconds to automatic boot.   Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor.
> Using drive 0, partition 3.
> Loading...
> probing: pc0 com0 com1 pci mem[639K 255M a20=on] 
> disk: hd0+*
> 
>>>OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 3.01
> 
> open(hd0a:/etc/boot.conf): Unknown error: code 102
> boot> reboot
> Rebooting...
> exit
> 
> 
> POST: 012345689bcefghips1234ajklnopqr,,,tvwxy
> 
> 
> comBIOS ver. 1.33c 20080626  Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Soekris Engineering.
> 
> net5501
> 
> 0256 Mbyte Memory                        CPU Geode LX 434 Mhz 
> 
> Pri Mas  SILICONSYSTEMS INC 1GB          LBA Xlt 1015-32-63  1023 Mbyte
> 
> Slot   Vend Dev  ClassRev Cmd  Stat CL LT HT  Base1    Base2   Int 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> 0:01:2 1022 2082 10100000 0006 0220 08 00 00 A0000000 00000000 10
> 0:06:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E101 A0004000 11
> 0:07:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E201 A0004100 05
> 0:08:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E301 A0004200 09
> 0:09:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E401 A0004300 12
> 0:20:0 1022 2090 06010003 0009 02A0 08 40 80 00006001 00006101 
> 0:20:2 1022 209A 01018001 0005 02A0 08 00 00 00000000 00000000 
> 0:21:0 1022 2094 0C031002 0006 0230 08 00 80 A0005000 00000000 15
> 0:21:1 1022 2095 0C032002 0006 0230 08 00 00 A0006000 00000000 15
> 
>  1 Seconds to automatic boot.   Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor.
> Using drive 0, partition 3.
> Loading...
> probing: pc0 com0 com1 pci mem[639K 255M a20=on] 
> disk: hd0+
> 
>>>OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 3.01
> 
> -
> com0: 19200 baud
> switching console to com0
> 
>>>OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 3.01
> 
> boot> 
> booting hd0a:/bsd: 5913424+1004644 [52+306864+287943]=0x72a4d4
> entry point at 0x200120ªÿ
> [ using 595232 bytes of bsd ELF symbol table ]
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>         The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
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> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:44:39AM -0700, Chris Babcock wrote:
> 
>>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?
>>>
>>
>>It could be the flash or a defective board.  If you have a known working 
>>  unit, try swapping the flash into it and see if you get the same 
>>error.  If another known working unit does the same thing, you probably 
>>have one of the 5501 boards with issues (RMA to resolve).  If the error 
>>persists, it's probably bad CF.  One other possibility... Did you image 
>>the CF or do the install from a different system?  If you did, there are 
>>often disk geometry issues in the install, which can and often do cause 
>>issues, esp with boot loaders.  The only safe way to make sure the 
>>geometry is correct on a load is to load on the exact same type of 
>>system (so in this case, another 5501).
>>
>>Grub manual error code link: 
>>http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Stage1_002e5-errors
>>
>>According to the grub manual Error 25 in stage 1.5 is...
>>
>>25 : Disk read error
>>     This error is returned if there is a disk read error when trying to 
>>probe or read data from a particular disk.
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Yes that is exactly what I see with my Transcend CF and FreeBSD 6.3

Steve