[MinnowBoard] : How does one run MS-DOS on a MinnowBoard MAX (or turbot)?

Wed May 4 16:12:48 UTC 2016

Hi Gerard,

Please let me know how you are doing with this and also the MSDOS boot.

For your info, I use MSDOS a lot on Minnowboard Max/Turbot booting from SD card or USB thumb drive. It’s the best way to test the BIOS and the firmware.

Best regards,

B-O

> 4 maj 2016 kl. 17:25 skrev Gerard Bucas <gerard.b at tekmagic.net>:
> 
> Hi B-O,
> 
> Thanks for this feedback/tip. Will make sure we check this out as well.
> 
> Much appreciated.
> 
> Gerard
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Berth-Olof Bergman [mailto:bo.bergman at winzenttech.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 9:50 AM
> To: gerard.b at tekmagic.net; MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion
> <elinux-minnowboard at lists.elinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [MinnowBoard] : How does one run MS-DOS on a MinnowBoard MAX
> (or turbot)?
> 
> Hi Gerard,
> 
> In case you have problem with a second NIC in the PCI expansion bus using
> the silver jaw lure, the problem is the violation of PCI timing as the
> PLTRST# signal is not used to reset the NIC. They use the PWROK signal to
> reset the NIC and on a reboot the PWROK remains high. In the case of full
> reset from PCI reset register the PWROK gets initial low and then high, but
> violates the PCI bus reset protocol as the RESET# signal should remain low
> for at least 100 mS after power (PWROK) is stable.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> B-O
> Winzent Technologies
> 
> 
> 
>> 4 maj 2016 kl. 11:54 skrev Gerard Bucas <gerard.b at tekmagic.net>:
>> 
>> Hi Brian,
>> 
>> That is a really good question! :)
>> 
>> We have a couple of PCB designs which one could consider as 
>> MinnowBoard MAX "derivatives". On one of the designs (PCB) we have a 
>> serious problem with reliable access to the Realtek 8111 NiC, even 
>> though "on paper" (schematics,
>> etc) the two PCB's have the same NiC designs (so in one design 
>> everything on the PCB works perfectly while on the other there seems 
>> to be some PCI bus access issues to the NiC). We have tried different 
>> drivers and other OS level debugging (mainly linux based) but can't 
>> seem to isolate the problem (sometimes lspci will list the Realtek NiC 
>> after a reboot and sometimes not and when it does get detected/listed 
>> by lspci, the whole lspci entry is occasionally corrupted and shows FF 
>> FF, etc). Obviously sounds/smells/looks like a PCI bus problem 
>> (differential pair impedance, component differences, PCB layout 
>> differences, etc..) but we can't seem to isolate it. So we would like 
>> to do some "lower level" testing/checking of PCI enumeration and maybe 
>> other PCI debugging tools. One of the tools we wanted to play with runs on
> MS-DOS.
>> 
>> However, someone just pointed me at UEFI app:
>> https://github.com/JamesAmiTw/ru-uefi/raw/master/5.17.0284.zip
>> which should actually be able to run as an EFI app on our normal 
>> minnow-derived firmware/BIOS. So need to check that out as well.
>> 
>> If you have any other ideas or pointers please let me know.
>> 
>> Thanks & Regards
>> 
>> Gerard
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: elinux-MinnowBoard
>> [mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Richardson, Brian
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 8:45 PM
>> To: MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion 
>> <elinux-minnowboard at lists.elinux.org>
>> Subject: Re: [MinnowBoard] : How does one run MS-DOS on a MinnowBoard 
>> MAX (or turbot)?
>> 
>> What is the low-level debugging requirement? Does it need to be run in 
>> DOS or just at a level below the OS?
>> 
>> Thanks ... br
>> ---
>> Brian Richardson, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, Intel Software 
>> brian.richardson at intel.com -- 
>> http://evangelists.intel.com/bio/Brian_Richardson_
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: elinux-MinnowBoard
>> [mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Gerard Bucas
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 7:43 PM
>> To: 'MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion'
>> <elinux-minnowboard at lists.elinux.org>
>> Subject: [MinnowBoard] : How does one run MS-DOS on a MinnowBoard MAX 
>> (or turbot)?
>> 
>> Resent with better subject line....
>> 
>> Does anyone know how one could bot MS-DOS on a MBM/T?
>> 
>> Would like to do this for some low-level debugging we need to do. 
>> 
>> I assume it needs a "legacy BIOS" but from what I read the winzent 
>> legacy BIOS (which is due soon) is not yet available?
>> 
>> Any help would be appreciated!
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Gerard
>> 
>> 
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