From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 15 07:01:59 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8675106566C for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:01:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ask@develooper.com) Received: from mbox1.develooper.com (mbox1.develooper.com [207.171.7.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A865C8FC0C for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:01:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 6787 invoked from network); 15 Aug 2011 06:35:18 -0000 Received: from cpe-75-83-150-233.socal.res.rr.com (HELO embla.bn.dev) (ask@mail.dev@75.83.150.233) by smtp.develooper.com with ESMTPA; 15 Aug 2011 06:35:18 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1244.3) Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_F41316D9-9EAF-4049-B943-82F91E01AB1F"; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ask_Bj=F8rn_Hansen?= In-Reply-To: <81D83998-D920-4A69-ACF8-519527D3BC7F@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:35:16 -0700 Message-Id: References: <81D83998-D920-4A69-ACF8-519527D3BC7F@FreeBSD.org> To: Henrik Brix Andersen X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1244.3) X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with NanoBSD And Alix Board not device boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:01:59 -0000 --Apple-Mail=_F41316D9-9EAF-4049-B943-82F91E01AB1F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Jun 5, 2011, at 10:10, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: >> nopacket mode is the hardest of all modes to use. Your CF's reported = geometry *MUST* be encoded properly in the nano config file. This isn't = the geometry that the CF card reader reports, but what the CF card = reports in true IDE mode. This will vary from card to card (even cards = with exactly the same label). Unless your boot loader doesn't support = packet mode properly, I'd strongly urge you to use packet mode. >=20 > Last time I checked, the TinyBIOS used in the Alix boards does not = support packet mode properly (but according to = http://blog.brixandersen.dk/?p=3D94 this was 3 years ago, I'll try to = find time to retest against a newer version of TinyBIOS). One of the 0.99x firmware updates fixed that I believe (sometime in 2007 = or 2008). (I use packet mode on Alix boards for what it's worth). - ask --=20 http://develooper.com/ - http://askask.com/ --Apple-Mail=_F41316D9-9EAF-4049-B943-82F91E01AB1F--