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<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Hello</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
switched to the new download of SEABIOS and am using the amd_vsa_lx.bin vsa bios
from the AMD website posted in Jan 2008.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>With
corebootv3 + seabios, I can boot into my 1GB Compact Flash with Linux (which is
what I was doing with corebootv2).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>However, I am trying to boot to a CDROM so I can load Windows2000 onto a
4GB compact flash card. This doesnt appear to be working
yet.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Booting to a known good hard disk with a WIndows XP image doesnt work
either.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I get
here</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Start
bios<BR>i8042 timeout on wait write<BR>bios_table_addr: 0x000ff0a5
end=0x000ff841<BR>ram_size=0x0f7e0000<BR>Scan for VGA option rom<BR>Found option
rom with bad checksum: loc=000c0000 len=32768 sum=00000010<BR>Turning on vga
console<BR>BIOS - begin</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>e820
map has 4 items:<BR> 0: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 = 1<BR>
1: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 = 2<BR> 2: 00000000000f0000 -
0000000000100000 = 2<BR> 3: 0000000000100000 - 000000000f7e0000 =
1<BR>bios_table_cur_addr: 0x000ff0f5<BR>ata0-0: PCHS=16383/16/63 translation=lba
LCHS=1024/255/63<BR>ata0 master: HTS541020G9AT00 ATA-6 Hard-Disk (19077
MiBytes)<BR>ata0 slave: Unknown device</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Scan
for option roms<BR>Press F12 for boot menu.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Changing serial settings was 00000003/00000002 now
00000003/00000000<BR>enter handle_19:<BR> NULL<BR>Booting from
Floppy...<BR>fail check_drive:385(00000080):<BR> a=00000201 b=00000000
c=00000001 d=00000000 si=00000000 di=00000000<BR> ds=00000000 es=000007c0
ip=0000e7e9 cs=0000f000 f=00000002 r=0000f70c<BR>Boot failed: could not read the
boot disk</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>enter
handle_18:<BR> NULL<BR>Booting from CD-Rom...<BR>not implemented for
non-ATAPI device<BR>atapi_is_ready returned -1<BR>CDROM boot failure code :
00000003<BR>Boot failed: could not read the boot disk</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>enter
handle_18:<BR> NULL<BR>Booting from Hard Disk...<BR>Booting from
00000000:00007c00<BR>enter handle_12:<BR> a=00000000 b=00000000 c=00000000
d=00000080 si=00002118 di=00004c18<BR> ds=00000000 es=00000000 ip=000024f2
cs=00000000 f=00000297 r=00001fd2<BR>enter handle_12:<BR> a=00000000
b=00000000 c=00000000 d=00000080 si=00002118 di=0005aa80<BR> ds=00000000
es=00000000 ip=00008a2c cs=00000000 f=00000297 r=00001fd2<BR>fail
get_device:608(00000001):<BR> a=00004100 b=000555aa c=0005aae4 d=0005aa81
si=00000000 di=0005aa80<BR> ds=00000000 es=00000000 ip=000088aa
cs=00000000 f=00000246 r=00001fd2<BR>fail get_device:608(00000001):<BR>
a=00000800 b=0005aae4 c=0005aae4 d=0005aa81 si=00000000 di=0005aa80<BR>
ds=00000000 es=00000000 ip=00008912 cs=00000000 f=00000246 r=00001fd2<BR>fail
handle_15XX:308(00000086):<BR> a=000000c0 b=00000000 c=0005aa03 d=0005aa81
si=00000000 di=0005aa80<BR> ds=00000000 es=00000000 ip=00008ae1
cs=00000000 f=00000246 r=00001fd2<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Seems
to find a VGA ROM, with a checksum issue? Is this right?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Then
looks like it tries to boot to the HDD or CDROM but the system
freezes.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Any
ideas?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312261119-11102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Thanks</DIV></FONT></SPAN>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<P class=MsoAutoSig><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Steve Spano,
President<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Finger Lakes
Engineering<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
coreboot-bounces@coreboot.org [mailto:coreboot-bounces@coreboot.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Myles Watson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 10, 2008 4:25
PM<BR><B>To:</B> steve@fl-eng.com<BR><B>Cc:</B>
coreboot@coreboot.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [coreboot] ### ALDO Windows
Coreboot<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Steve Spano <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:steve@fl-eng.com">steve@fl-eng.com</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Folks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I have an AMD LX800 custom
board running coreboot v2 and linux just fine.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>We may now want to use
coreboot to boot a Windows2000/XP. I have traced through the FAQ/lists and
assembled this</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>1) ALDO embedded with
CorebootV3</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>2) Merged in the LX VGA ROM
file (64KB) into the blob/vsa folder</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>When you say you're using ADLO that means you're not using
SeaBIOS? If you're using the ADLO from the v2 util folder, it's out of
date. The timeouts are too short for any drive with today's processor
speeds.<BR> <BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>My goal right now is to
have it recognize a CDROM, install Windows to a 4GB Compact Flash (as an IDE
slave), and then boot onto the CompactFlash as
IDE-Master.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I cannot seem to get the
CDROM to boot. Nor can I get the comapct flash, with a known good linux
image, to boot.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I get all the way into ALDO
during boot, ALDO finds the CDrom/CF but then it seems like it has some
issue scanning the ATA bus. It says that</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>"in13_hardisk:function 2
unmapped device for ELDL=80"</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>This message is benign. Even when it finds your CDROM you'll
see this message.<BR> <BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Also - I assume that ADLO
can boot a linux image as well. I believe that's what I
read?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Should be able to.<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Myles
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