[Soekris] Net5501 and pfsense / no CF boot

[Alex Hajnal]

On Friday 30 May 2008 09:52:56 am C. Schlecht wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a Net5501-70and tried to install pfsence. First, I copied the image
> on a CF card and tried to boot --> "no boot device available". So I tried
> it with another CF card, same problem. I also installed pfsence in a
> virtual machine and monted the CF card as harddisk. I could install it, but
> it won't boot. So I took a working CF card which is installed with
> monowall. But I got the same problem, "no boot device available". I set the
> com speed to 9600 and changed the boot-timeout to 15 seconds. I have access
> to the serial port and can do my settings, but it will not boot. Any ideas
> for resolving this problem?
>
> Thanks

What brand of CF card are you using?  I had similar problems to what you 
describe until I switched to Sandisk cards (Ultra II and Extreme III, both 
4GB).  Also, you might try doing the install via PXE boot on the Soekris (so 
that the CHS settings match).

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