Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:35:16 -0700 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ask_Bj=F8rn_Hansen?= <ask@develooper.com> To: Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with NanoBSD And Alix Board not device boot Message-ID: <B03DCB85-A9C1-4AF4-8D10-ABC390BD9B35@develooper.com> In-Reply-To: <81D83998-D920-4A69-ACF8-519527D3BC7F@FreeBSD.org> References: <BANLkTikZx=uxokXcpQUi2jksgdMaUp4_%2BQ@mail.gmail.com> <E18BA1D4-C2A7-4FE7-A1A4-0C5B6FDD60DB@bsdimp.com> <81D83998-D920-4A69-ACF8-519527D3BC7F@FreeBSD.org>
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--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--
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