Can't boot NanoBSD on an Alix board

Lyle Scott III portcitycs at gmail.com
Sat Dec 8 19:17:03 PST 2007


ok, i just upgraded the BIOS and  now it hands after choosing 1 for the
bootloader:

640 KB Base Memory
261120 KB Extended Memory

01F0 Master 848A SanDisk SDCFB-512
Phys C/H/S 993/16/63 Log C/H/S 993/16/63

1   FreeBSD

Default: 1
[FREEZE]


On Dec 8, 2007 12:57 AM, Lyle Scott III <portcitycs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey, i just got my  Alix3c2 board in.  I decided to go with NanoBSD for
> this board, so i put nanobsd on my 512 flash and froze right after post.
> This image loades great on a Soekris board (4511 and 4526) ,... it gives me
> 2 options in the bootloader, i select 1 and it loads the nanobsd subset
> great.
>
> I go to the alix board, and it freezes right after post:
>
> -----------------------
>  3PC Engines ALIX.3 v0.98oot.   Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor.
> 640 KB Base Memory
> 261120 KB Extended Memory
>
> 01F0 Master 848A SanDisk SDCFB-512
> Phys C/H/S 993/16/63 Log C/H/S 993/16/63
> [where it dies]
> ------------------------
>
> Any suggestions?  I've tried using a full generic kernel, the TinyBSD
> wireless kernel, and a trimmed down kernel i use for most of my embedded
> stuff.  you can only do so much in the Alix bios.... i'm not sure where to
> go with this.  Any help would be much appreciated
>
>
> --
>
> Lyle Scott, III
> http://www.portcitycs.com
> portcitycs at gmail.com |#| 910-231-0906




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