Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 19:10:37 +0200 From: Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with NanoBSD And Alix Board not device boot Message-ID: <81D83998-D920-4A69-ACF8-519527D3BC7F@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <E18BA1D4-C2A7-4FE7-A1A4-0C5B6FDD60DB@bsdimp.com> References: <BANLkTikZx=uxokXcpQUi2jksgdMaUp4_%2BQ@mail.gmail.com> <E18BA1D4-C2A7-4FE7-A1A4-0C5B6FDD60DB@bsdimp.com>
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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 <brix@FreeBSD.org> --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--
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