Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:18:36 +1200 From: Tortise <tortise@paradise.net.nz> To: remko@elvandar.org Cc: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org, linimon@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386/134106: [boot] Dell Dimension XPS R400 fail to boot on CF IDE Message-ID: <C1A542A79BDF498281979BFEF12435F3@dp2000xp> References: <200906192325.n5JNP7fG066265@freefall.freebsd.org> <CB3E31300D9846B99D392522B7A6BD3C@dp2000xp> <6ef9b58d535168695d463a8ae8a08da7.squirrel@www.jr-hosting.nl>
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Hi REmko As best I can tell the A13 BIOS was the latest written for that model, see http://support.ap.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=WNT5&osl=EN&catid=1&impid=-1&servicetag=SZ9XX&SystemID=DIM_PNT_PII_XPS_R___&hidos=WW1&hidlang=en&TabIndex= >From the ftp link given below the same (latest) file exists: 7/5/2001 1:07 PM 558688 XPSR_A13.EXE As it was the latest it may be the problem is still in the latest - or it may be arising from outside the BIOS - which is why I made the post. Kind regards David Hingston ----- Original Message ----- From: "Remko Lodder" <remko@elvandar.org> To: "Tortise" <tortise@paradise.net.nz> Cc: <linimon@freebsd.org>; <freebsd-i386@freebsd.org> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 7:20 AM Subject: Re: i386/134106: [boot] Dell Dimension XPS R400 fail to boot on CF IDE Hello, What you are describing might exactly be the problem. The Dell Bios might have been altered a bit or something. There are newer versions for the BIOS available as I saw on: http://ftp.us.dell.com/bios/ Would you be so kind to see if there is a newer version for your model, and whether flashing it to that bios might resolve the problem? Ofcourse read the instructions for flasing carefully! Cheers, REmko On Sat, June 20, 2009 5:52 am, Tortise wrote: > The failure occurs very early on, following detecting the IDE media discs > the screen clears and the next message is "Read error" > appears.... > It has been suggested to me the problem might be from a proprietary BIOS > however that was not very convincing as this is a > Dell...BIOS A13. > If I can help any more do let me know. > Kind regards > David Hingston > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <linimon@FreeBSD.org> > To: <tortise@paradise.net.nz>; <linimon@FreeBSD.org>; > <freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org> > Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:25 AM > Subject: Re: i386/134106: [boot] Dell Dimension XPS R400 fail to boot on > CF IDE > > > Synopsis: [boot] Dell Dimension XPS R400 fail to boot on CF IDE > > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback > State-Changed-By: linimon > State-Changed-When: Fri Jun 19 23:24:31 UTC 2009 > State-Changed-Why: > We need more information about exactly how it fails (log messages, e.g.) > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=134106 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-i386@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-i386 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-i386-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- /"\ Best regards, | remko@FreeBSD.org \ / Remko Lodder | remko@EFnet X http://www.evilcoder.org/ | / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News
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