[Voyage-linux] Kingston 2GB CF won't boot ALIX

[Andrew Malcolmson]

On Sat, 09 May 2009 10:35:27 -0400, "Edwin Whitelaw"
<Edwin.Whitelaw at nrvunwired.net> said:
> Update....
> 
> Seems these new CF cards will load/boot 0.6.1 just fine.  If I switch 
> the boot loader to lilo, they will then also boot 0.5.2.  Not a huge 
> workaround but odd nonetheless.  I rather prefer grub but can live with 
> this.  I've used earlier Kingston 1 & 2GB CFs with no problem so I 
> assume they've changed something internally.  Had the same problem with 
> a new Transcend card (maybe manufactured by the same company?)

Have been booting Voyage .5.2 and .6 on various cards (neither Kingston
nor Transcend) on Alix  without your issue.  FYI I format with cfisk
which I read somewhere is more reliable then fdisk.
 
> A side note - I had tried 0.6.1 a few months ago with an Atheros card as 
> AP (and WEP) at two sites and both exhibited the same problem of working 
> for a period of several hours and then mysteriously losing connection 
> with all clients.  Ifdown/ifup on the interface would restore function.  
> Going back to 0.5.2 at one location and using a Prism card at the other 
> solved that problem but it would be nice if there was confirmation that 
> the AP mode with Atheros radios now works reliably so I can move forward 
> with the newer release

I experienced about the same problem under 0.6.1: frequent disconnects,
getting worse over time.  This is with a Alix boards and Atheros-based
cards.  The same hardware and the same configuration under .5.2 was
fine.

I wonder what would be involved in downgrading the madwifi support in
0.6 to that in .5.2.  Would installing the .5.2 kernel and copying over
the older ath_pci.ko module be enough? 
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Andrew Malcolmson