[Soekris] Issues with detecting disk and booting on 5501

[Soren Kristensen]

Hi Dánial & list,

Dánial Olsen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 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.

> I have also tried with 1.33b comBIOS but then it never detects the
> disk (it's also suspicous that nothing is mentioned in the changelog
> about it).

The 1.33b is only recommend for use the fix a issue with some CF 
modules, the SATA is disabled in that (yes, by accident) and a new 
version will be released soon.


Best Regards,


Soren Kristensen

CEO & Chief Engineer
Soekris Engineering, Inc.