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Date:      Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:43:25 +0100
From:      Emanuel Strobl <emanuel.strobl@gmx.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Matt Juszczak <matt@atopia.net>
Subject:   Re: Issue with FreeBSD, Compact Flash
Message-ID:  <200503251943.36646@harrymail>
In-Reply-To: <65203.134.210.7.179.1111774986.squirrel@www.atopia.net>
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Am Freitag, 25. M=E4rz 2005 19:23 schrieb Matt Juszczak:
> We're trying to run m0n0wall on a Nexcom Nexgate 1045.
>
> The card that came with it is a Sandisk card.  The card works in other
> devices (we can extract the full image to it with no problems).
>
> I prefer experimenting too, but the boss really wants it up :-( :-(
>
> I can try to hunt down some other cards, but please let me know if you
> have any other suggestions.

Okay, I'm not really an ATA expert nor do I know the code, but what I found=
 is=20
that it could be a LBA/CHS problem.
Which version do you use? Have you tried to slice/lable the card inside the=
=20
NSA 1045 (from a temporary FreeBSD holding HD)?
If I'm right you dump a preformatted image onto the card, maybe you have=20
addressing problems....
I gave up using images, PXE-booting (or installing a HD on machines which h=
ave=20
the possibillity) and installing the base system right on the destination=20
hardware turned out to be much safer and is not really more time consuming.=
=2E.

Mayby playing with BIOS LBA/CHS settings gives some hint's, I don't expect=
=20
that, but I'd try that and if that all fails you may want to contact S=F8re=
n,=20
the ATA author.

=2DHarry

>
> > Am Freitag, 25. M=E4rz 2005 15:32 schrieb Matt Juszczak:
> >> These options were already set.  Any other ideas?  otherwise we're
> >> going to have to skip the flash card option and put a hard drive in th=
is
> >> box
> >
> > Well, I have no idea other than replacing the card with a generally knw=
on
> >  working one. I had no problems with Kingston CF cards and if you prefer
> > DMA-capable cards I'd recommend SanDisk ultraII. But if your CF-Connect=
or
> >  hasn't the neccessary DMA hardwired lines you need to disable ata_dma,
> > though it's working fine. I'd perfer experimenting, using a rotating HD
> > is no solution. Have you checked your card in any other (ata-mode)
> > device? In what kind of hardware do you plug in your card, Soekris, EPI=
A,
> > WRAP, or general IDE-CF adapter?
> >
> > -Harry
> >
> >> :-( :-(
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >>
> >>
> >> Matt
> >>
> >> Emanuel Strobl wrote:
> >>> Am Mittwoch, 23. M=E4rz 2005 21:02 schrieb Matt Juszczak:
> >>>> Howdy,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Does anyone have any ideas on the following?  Trying to load
> >>>> m0n0wall, which uses a FreeBSD 5 kernel.  Keep getting the boot
> >>>> errors you see in the paste link below.
> >>>>
> >>>> http://paste.atopia.net/107
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> We really dont want to have to switch back to a hard drive :-( Any
> >>>> ideas are appreciated in advance.
> >>>
> >>> Maybe your CF-Card doesn't implement the ATA-Mode correctly. I once
> >>> had a card which had wrong ATA-mode support but it didn't even boot.
> >>> But I don't know why these errors occur, I'd suggest trying the
> >>> following in /boot/loader.conf: hw.ata.ata_dma=3D0 hw.ata.wc=3D0
> >>>
> >>> Good luck,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -Harry
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Matt
> >>>>
> >>>>
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