[j-nsp] re333 not booting install media

[Jared Mauch]

On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 10:49:18AM -0700, Chris Cappuccio wrote:
> I replaced a 96MB flash in an RE333 with a 1gb sandisk flash.  My next
> step is to boot an install media and wipe the hard disk and flash.  
> Unfortunately, the RE333 is not booting the install media.  It doesn't
> even show up in dmesg.  And when I hit 'del' to get into the BIOS, nothing
> happens, no matter how many different emulators and terminal types I try.
> 
> The same install media works fine in any other RE333!
> 
> I wonder if the hard disk controller that the flash is plugged into isn't
> just shut off for some reason?  Is there any way to get into the bios or
> otherwise influence those settings on an RE333?   It seems like its easy
> to get into the BIOS of an RE233, but this one won't respond to pressing DEL or
> much else.

	Try checking the output of this command:

root@% sysctl -A | grep machdep.bootdevs

	You may need to then do this:

# sysctl -w machdep.bootdevs=pcmcia-flash,compact-flash,disk,lan


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