[Soekris] Soekris Booting Problem

[Hendrickson, Kenneth]

I have Bios 1.33.  Bios 1.33c is available.  Does it solve these problems???

Should I upgrade my Bios version??

Thanks,
Ken Hendrickson

PS  IF Bios 1.33c solves the problems I am having, then why were my boards shipped with 1.33?  Why not make your customers happy with working products, right out of the box?  I'm very frustrated!!



-----Original Message-----
From: Hendrickson, Kenneth
Sent: Tue 7/14/2009 9:57 PM
To: soekris-tech at lists.soekris.com
Subject: RE: Soekris Booting Problem
 
Is it possible that I have this problem -- disks w/ more than 1024 cylinders don't work AT ALL?
http://Lists.Soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2009-March/015597.html

My hard drive has more than 1024 cylinders, but all bootable partitions are below the 1024 cylinder boundary.  Still, is this the problem?  Do Soekris boards not work at all with disks that have more than 1024 cylinders?  (If so, this is a fairly large problem, because it is now probably impossible to find a real hard drive with less than 1024 cylinders.)

(Very) Frustrated and Anxiously Awaiting Answers or Suggestions ...

Thanks,
Ken Hendrickson




-----Original Message-----
From: Hendrickson, Kenneth
Sent: Tue 7/14/2009 8:56 PM
To: soekris-tech at lists.soekris.com
Subject: Soekris Booting Problem
 
Mischa & Soekris-Tech,

Did you ever figure out the solution to your Soekris booting problem?
http://Marc.info/?l=soekris-tech&m=115581919512700&w=2

I have a very similar problem.  I have a Soekris net5501.
It has a SATA hard drive in it.  I've successfully installed
OpenBSD, but I cannot boot it.

I also get the "No Boot device available" message,
and no matter what the BIOS settings, it always boots from
PXE immediately.  I get no time whatsoever to enter the ^P to
enter the Bios Monitor program.

No matter what the BootDelay setting, the box always
boots immediately from PXE.

Searching the net has not provided a solution.

Do you remember how you solved it?

Thanks,
Ken Hendrickson