Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 01:56:54 -0600 (MDT) From: "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com> To: neal@nelsonnet.org Cc: wlloyd@tolstoy.mpd.ca, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Flash Boot Problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104300155480.14941-100000@workhorse.iMach.com> In-Reply-To: <20010430044448.11306.cpmta@c000.snv.cp.net>
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I've seen problems where certain bios'es (and certain revs of bios'es) don't like flashdisks. I have some 486's that I'm using for similar work and they MUST have the lastest flash or they won't boot at all. They see the disk, they just won't boot from it. On 29 Apr 2001 neal@nelsonnet.org wrote: > Date: 29 Apr 2001 21:44:48 -0700 > From: neal@nelsonnet.org > To: wlloyd@tolstoy.mpd.ca > Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Flash Boot Problem > > Getting FreeBSD onto the flash isn't my main problem as I've already managed to do that thanks to the use of a set of scripts called mkflash and diskprep that I got from this list. My problem is getting my particular PC to boot from flash. > > The problem seems to be that when the flash is plugged in, it doesn't try to boot anything. The BIOS starts up normally but after it's probed the IDE devices instead of displaying the configuration table, it just sits there. It's an Abit BH6 running a Pentium II that I used as my main system for a while and which seemed to work OK for that. It just has problems with CompactFlash. I'm using a passive IDE adaptor which works fine in my main system where I built the distribution. > > I was tempted with the idea of using OpenBSD for my firewall but I already had FreeBSD and was able to tailor my installation on a powerful system and then run it on an old surplus system. FreeBSD also seems to be a pretty stable and secure system so I didn't see the need to change. The only thing that could tempt me would be the use of a non-intel architecture SBC as the Intel based ones are very expensive. > > On Sun, 29 April 2001, William Lloyd wrote: > > > > > Hi neal! > > > > Not to be too much of a traitor to FreeBSD but there is a compact > > flash verion of OpenBSD spcifically for firewalls. www.embsd.org > > > > I just installed it after fooling with trying to get an install of FreeBSD/ > > PicoBSD on a flash card. > > > > It's cool. > > > > -bill > > > > On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, neal@nelsonnet.org wrote: > > > > > I'm having trouble getting a CompactFlash card to work on an old PC I have. It seems to stop the PC booting when attached to the system, even though the BIOS auto detects the card fine. I've booted the card OK in other systems so I was wondering if there are any settings that maybe I should try in order to make it work. For example: should I set the device to LBA, LARGE or NORMAL access? Should I configure it to a particular PIO mode? > > > > > > My whole firewall concept is going out the window here if I can't get this to work. I have an old LS-120 superdrive that the PC will boot from from floppy fine when the flash isn't connected but that limits me to PicoBSD as I don't have anything else to write an LS-120 disc. > > > > > > Any insights would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________ > > > > > > Get your name as your email and web site address. > > > http://www.NetIdentity.com. Be somebody online. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > William Lloyd mailto:wlloyd@mpd.ca | http://www.mpd.ca > > > _____________________________________________________ > > Get your name as your email and web site address. > http://www.NetIdentity.com. Be somebody online. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > - Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iMach, Ltd., P.O. Box 5749, Helena, MT 59604 http://www.imach.com Solutions for your high-tech problems. (406)-442-6648 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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