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PCEngines alix2c3 (Substitute for WRAP) boot failes

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    ircman
    last edited by Dec 26, 2007, 2:30 AM

    Hi!,

    I;m running the latest 0.99 version from the 10th of december. So looks like its not resolved ?

    C'est moi!

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      mezza
      last edited by Dec 27, 2007, 9:08 AM

      @sbyoon.

      You're a star. Tried for hours to get BIOS update working with XMODEM. If any one has instructions I'd be extremely grateful for enlightenment.

      Ended up downloading your CF image for FreeDOS and the 0.98g update, and just replacing the BIOS files with the 0.99 files.

      Thanks,

      mezza

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        naughtyusmaximus
        last edited by Dec 31, 2007, 1:56 AM

        @ircman:

        Hi!,

        I;m running the latest 0.99 version from the 10th of december. So looks like its not resolved ?

        Yep, same here.  This issue is not resolved for me either. :(

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          naughtyusmaximus
          last edited by Dec 31, 2007, 2:36 AM

          Also, I've tried with the 0.92 bios which was reported as working on the first page, and still get the same error message about my USB ports when I boot pfSense

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            sullrich
            last edited by Dec 31, 2007, 6:17 AM

            Unfortunately Pascal has not sent me a ALIX board to test this.  This is likely to be fixed until we have a Alix testing board in one of the coreteam members possession.  If anyone knows him, I encourage you to ask him for a board so we can get this fixed once and for all.

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              naughtyusmaximus
              last edited by Jan 1, 2008, 9:25 AM

              I don't know Pascal, but I sent him an email, and this was the reply:
              How should I know where to send a board ???

              Please ask the core dev to request a board at
              http://www.pcengines.ch/order1.php?c=2 with the
              note "pfsense developer sample"…

              Best regards,

              Pascal Dornier

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                sullrich
                last edited by Jan 1, 2008, 4:34 PM

                Great, thanks!  I have ordered a board and hopefully will be able to get to the bottom of this soon.

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                  naughtyusmaximus
                  last edited by Jan 2, 2008, 6:57 AM

                  Thanks for all your hard work!

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                    pcengines
                    last edited by Jan 2, 2008, 7:51 PM

                    Some notes:

                    • If you plan on re-using the CF card later, I suggest making a back-up of the blank CF card with dd. Repartitioning
                      CF cards can be tricky.

                    • Current BIOS = 0.99. Going back to v0.92 could cause stability issues.

                    • Xmodem reprogramming is not implemented yet. Sorry…

                    • Do NOT rename the alix*.bin files, sb.com will automatically pick the right file depending on which board you have

                    • Page fault issue: unless somebody pushes my snout towards the right problem, I assume this is a FreeBSD problem.

                    • Reboot issue: ALIX does not have a keyboard controller, and does not attempt to emulate one. To reboot, please
                      use port 92h or the CS5536 specific reset registers.

                    • Bonus points for changing the default baud rate to 38400. Come on guys, life is too short to work at 9600 baud...
                      (dd-wrt / openwrt uses 115200 !)

                    • Questions / comments to PC Engines -> please email, I cannot monitor this forum.

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                      mustardman
                      last edited by Jan 3, 2008, 12:33 AM

                      I'm running the latest pfsense in VMWare and I get those "no such process" errors

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                        gmckinney
                        last edited by Jan 3, 2008, 4:15 AM

                        @pcengines:

                        Some notes:

                        • Page fault issue: unless somebody pushes my snout towards the right problem, I assume this is a FreeBSD problem.

                        The only time I have seen this issue occur was when I had installed the wrong bios version for the Alix board I was upgrading the bios on… I had make the cardinal mistake of renaming a .bin file thinking it was the correct one for the board I was working with...

                        DUH!!!!

                        gm...

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                          naughtyusmaximus
                          last edited by Jan 3, 2008, 5:29 AM

                          I'd really like to get this working, so is there anything I can do (as a normal user) to help point you in the right direction?

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                            sullrich
                            last edited by Jan 3, 2008, 7:37 PM

                            The board has shipped.  Hopefully should have it soon.

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                              gmckinney
                              last edited by Jan 3, 2008, 11:03 PM

                              @sullrich:

                              The board has shipped.  Hopefully should have it soon.

                              If Pascal shipped from his location then it will take about a week - at least that is how long it takes hardware from him to reach me here in Florida (USA).

                              gm…

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                                blueice
                                last edited by Jan 6, 2008, 9:35 AM

                                I hope the rc4 released after all this problems fixed :)

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                                  lepole
                                  last edited by Jan 7, 2008, 10:28 PM

                                  @pcengines:

                                  Some notes:

                                  • If you plan on re-using the CF card later, I suggest making a back-up of the blank CF card with dd. Repartitioning
                                    CF cards can be tricky.

                                  • Current BIOS = 0.99. Going back to v0.92 could cause stability issues.

                                  • Xmodem reprogramming is not implemented yet. Sorry…

                                  • Do NOT rename the alix*.bin files, sb.com will automatically pick the right file depending on which board you have

                                  • Page fault issue: unless somebody pushes my snout towards the right problem, I assume this is a FreeBSD problem.

                                  • Reboot issue: ALIX does not have a keyboard controller, and does not attempt to emulate one. To reboot, please
                                    use port 92h or the CS5536 specific reset registers.

                                  • Bonus points for changing the default baud rate to 38400. Come on guys, life is too short to work at 9600 baud...
                                    (dd-wrt / openwrt uses 115200 !)

                                  • Questions / comments to PC Engines -> please email, I cannot monitor this forum.

                                  sofar I´ve been running pfsense "1.2-RC3 built on Fri Dec 14 14:42:07 EST 2007" on an alix with bios 0.99 without any problems. Its been up 24 days, 02:21 right now and never let me down. I have yet to try a new pfsense snapshot an duse vlans…
                                  Reboots never failed or hung! The hardest part was getting the bios up to date but with the image of free dos posted by someone before in this thread it was no problem at all! I just copied the newest firmware into the img and flashed away! Once that was done it just worked (after setting the baud rate - wasn´t there a menu item once for setting the pfsense baud rate?)

                                  So what I really want to say is THANX for the great product (both pfsense and pcengines!)

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                                    blueice
                                    last edited by Jan 14, 2008, 8:05 AM

                                    @sullrich:

                                    The board has shipped.  Hopefully should have it soon.

                                    hi,
                                    finally you have receive the board?
                                    Thanks,
                                    Christos

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                                      sullrich
                                      last edited by Jan 14, 2008, 8:50 PM

                                      @blueice:

                                      @sullrich:

                                      The board has shipped.  Hopefully should have it soon.

                                      hi,
                                      finally you have receive the board?
                                      Thanks,
                                      Christos

                                      Nope.

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                                        gmckinney
                                        last edited by Jan 15, 2008, 3:29 AM

                                        Sullrich,

                                        You should see the board about any time - mine just arrived Saturday (but had to wait until today to get it)…

                                        gm...

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                                          fcspaul
                                          last edited by Jan 18, 2008, 3:08 PM

                                          Since this is the board I am looking at I was wondering if you have received the board and had a chance to look at it.

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