[Soekris] net5501 / no cf card boot

[C. Schlecht]

this is the step, i copied the software to the cf card. (128mb)

    C:\temp>physdiskwrite.exe pfSense-1.2-Embedded.img.gz

    physdiskwrite v0.5.1 by Manuel Kasper <mk at neon1.net>

    Searching for physical drives...

    Information for \\.\PhysicalDrive0:
       Windows:       cyl: 15505
                      tpc: 240
                      spt: 63
    Information for \\.\PhysicalDrive1:
    DeviceIoControl() failed on \\.\PhysicalDrive1.

    Information for \\.\PhysicalDrive2:
       Windows:       cyl: 15
                      tpc: 255
                      spt: 63

    Information for \\.\PhysicalDrive3:
    DeviceIoControl() failed on \\.\PhysicalDrive3.

    Information for \\.\PhysicalDrive4:
    DeviceIoControl() failed on \\.\PhysicalDrive4.

    Information for \\.\PhysicalDrive5:
    DeviceIoControl() failed on \\.\PhysicalDrive5.

    Which disk do you want to write? (0..2) 2
    About to overwrite the contents of disk 2 with new data. Proceed? (y/n) y
    Found compressed image file
    122441728/122441728 bytes written in total

this will appear, if i start the board.

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POST: 012345689bcefghips1234ajklnopqr,,,tvwxy

comBIOS ver. 1.33  20070103  Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Soekris Engineering.

net5501

0512 Mbyte Memory                        CPU Geode LX 500 Mhz

Pri Sla  CHS --   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.

Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 082)
Copyright (C) 1997,1998,1999  Intel Corporation
VIA Rhine III Management Adapter v2.43 (2005/12/15)
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable

PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM.

No Boot device available, enter monitor.


comBIOS Monitor.   Press ? for help.

> show

ConSpeed = 9600
ConLock = Enabled
ConMute = Disabled
BIOSentry = Enabled
PCIROMS = Enabled
PXEBoot = Enabled
FLASH = Primary
BootDelay = 15
FastBoot = Disabled
BootPartition = Disabled
BootDrive = 80 81 F0 FF
ShowPCI = Enabled
Reset = Hard
CpuSpeed = Default

it recognized that there is a card inside, but it doesnt shows the
size of the card.

i changed also the bootdelay to 15 seconds.