From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 5 17:10:42 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 B2498106564A for ; Sun, 5 Jun 2011 17:10:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brix@FreeBSD.org) Received: from solow.pil.dk (relay.pil.dk [195.41.47.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72B228FC08 for ; Sun, 5 Jun 2011 17:10:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from druadan.brixandersen.dk (0x55534f5f.adsl.cybercity.dk [85.83.79.95]) by solow.pil.dk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7CEFF1CC012; Sun, 5 Jun 2011 19:10:40 +0200 (CEST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Apple-Mail-14-421639448" From: Henrik Brix Andersen In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 19:10:37 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <81D83998-D920-4A69-ACF8-519527D3BC7F@FreeBSD.org> References: To: Warner Losh X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 1.3.3 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) 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: Sun, 05 Jun 2011 17:10:42 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --Apple-Mail-14-421639448 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Jun 5, 2011, at 18:57, Warner Losh 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. 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). Brix --=20 Henrik Brix Andersen --Apple-Mail-14-421639448 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-description: This is a digitally signed message part content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAk3ruI0ACgkQv+Q4flTiePiKIQCeLqYKOHBkjlgF/StnBjDaPFi3 tTUAn1cg8mAks4uoe5yGRYsPF90gVJ4C =GVrV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-14-421639448--