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| pappkopp:
--- Quote from: nowlan on December 12, 2013, 12:00:55 pm ---Just get a compact flash card and reader and put linux on it. I doubt you need to worry about signed images etc. --- End quote --- Yeah, i have an compact disk reader. But when i connect it to my reader it won't mount under any circumstances, when i see the debug message on my Linux system it whines about bad sectors and I/O errors. Therefore no mounting for that card (would be fun to see the contents of it tho) I will hook up an flash card as soon as possible,. I will keep you guys updated :):) Kind Regards |
| amyk:
The good news is that you seem to have a relatively standard x86 PC. The bad news is that the rubbish after the "Kernel: allocated ..." line suggests the files on the CF are corrupted. Have you tried accessing the BIOS setup? Or booting from a USB drive? Note that the CF interface is essentially EIDE, so if you have an adapter you could try hooking up a regular hard drive to it. |
| amyk:
--- Quote from: pappkopp on December 12, 2013, 12:20:55 pm --- --- Quote from: nowlan on December 12, 2013, 12:00:55 pm ---Just get a compact flash card and reader and put linux on it. I doubt you need to worry about signed images etc. --- End quote --- Yeah, i have an compact disk reader. But when i connect it to my reader it won't mount under any circumstances, when i see the debug message on my Linux system it whines about bad sectors and I/O errors. Therefore no mounting for that card (would be fun to see the contents of it tho) I will hook up an flash card as soon as possible,. I will keep you guys updated :):) Kind Regards --- End quote --- Don't mount it, try ddrescue instead. |
| TheBay:
Nice to see video output :D Do you get a post screen? have you tried F1, F2, other F keys and Del when powering on to get in to a setup? You need a PLCC to DIP adapter for your programmer, if you haven't got a programmer I love the TL866A at the moment. It's become my main programmer. --- Quote from: pappkopp on December 12, 2013, 10:38:39 am ---Hmm.. Where do i find a reader with that socket that fits? I've cleared the BIOS via using the on-board header. That did not change how the computer boot. Regarding the PCI video card: http://imgur.com/a/1He14/embed#11 The only thing i get on the monitor is some FreeDOS thing.. If i remove the flash card it won't even power up the fans. I am about to buy an compact flash card and install some embedded Linux on it. But i bet there is an checksum or something in that way on the orginal flash card. Kind Regards --- End quote --- |
| TheBay:
Remove flash card and see if any POST Video output or try removing the battery and boot with no flash card! It might load to CMOS defaults and allow you in to setup hopefully :D it might need to be left on a while, the OS probably controls fan speed as it boots, though if you do not get POST the bios might not have code to initialise the display adaptor... A few SATA connectors there too, try removing the flash card and making a USB boot disk with Rufus? |
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