Trying to update my A1XEG4 to OS4.1 FE

Long story short: after years of gathering dust I decided to bring my A1XE to life again. It booted fine, so I ordered AOS4.1 FE for it, in order to bring it up to date.

That's what leads me here after all these years: it won't boot from CDROM. I hope someone can help me figure this out, as I've lost a lot of knowledge regarding the A1 and AOS4 over the years.

Debug output, just in case (I can't figure out how to fix the IRQ messages anymore, btw) Also the loadsector messages have me puzzled:

U-Boot 1.1.1 (Mar 3 2005 - 16:42:53), Build: 03/03/05

CPU: MPC7455 v2.1 @ 800 MHz
Board: AmigaOne
DRAM:
Information for SIMM bank 0:
Number of banks: 1
Number of row addresses: 13
Number of coumns addresses: 11
SIMM is registered
Supported burst lenghts: 8 4 2 1 PAGE
Supported CAS latencies: CAS 3 CAS 2
RAS to CAS latency: 3
Precharge latency: 3
SDRAM highest CAS latency: 750
SDRAM 2nd highest CAS latency: 1000
SDRAM data width: 4
Auto Refresh supported
Refresh time: 1042 clocks
Bank 0 size: 512 MB

Slot 1: vacant
DIMM0_B0_SCR0 = 0x00ff9f00
DIMM0_B1_SCR0 = 0x007f9f00
DIMM0_B2_SCR0 = 0x007f9f00
DIMM0_B3_SCR0 = 0x007f9f00
Using CAS 3 (slow)
DRAM_GCR0 = 0x00550400
Refresh set to 2083 clocks, auto refresh on
DRAM_REFRESH0 = 0x00019823
Mode bank 0: 0x00008032
512 MB
FLASH: 0 kB
VGA: 0 ..
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial


U-Boot 1.1.1 (Mar 3 2005 - 16:42:53), Build: 03/03/05

CPU: MPC7455 v2.1 @ 800 MHz
Board: AmigaOne
DRAM:
Information for SIMM bank 0:
Number of banks: 1
Number of row addresses: 13
Number of coumns addresses: 11
SIMM is registered
Supported burst lenghts: 8 4 2 1 PAGE
Supported CAS latencies: CAS 3 CAS 2
RAS to CAS latency: 3
Precharge latency: 3
SDRAM highest CAS latency: 750
SDRAM 2nd highest CAS latency: 1000
SDRAM data width: 4
Auto Refresh supported
Refresh time: 1042 clocks
Bank 0 size: 512 MB

Slot 1: vacant
DIMM0_B0_SCR0 = 0x00ff9f00
DIMM0_B1_SCR0 = 0x007f9f00
DIMM0_B2_SCR0 = 0x007f9f00
DIMM0_B3_SCR0 = 0x007f9f00
Using CAS 3 (slow)
DRAM_GCR0 = 0x00550400
Refresh set to 2083 clocks, auto refresh on
DRAM_REFRESH0 = 0x00019823
Mode bank 0: 0x00008032
512 MB
FLASH: 0 kB
VGA: 0 ..
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
SCSI: Error SCSI Controller (1000,000F) not found
Net: 3Com 3c920c#0
AT Keyboard initialized!
USB: scanning bus for devices... 2 USB Devices found
No Catweasel controller (0xe1594, 0x0001) attached
Bus 0: ............................................................** Timeout **
Bus 0: OK Bus 1: not available
Device 0: Model: WDC WD800BB-00FJA0 Firm: 13.03G13 Ser#: WD-WCAJ91075426
Type: Hard Disk
Capacity: 76319.0 MB = 74.5 GB (156301488 x 512)
Device 1: Model: ▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h Firm: ▒h▒h▒h▒h Ser#: ▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h▒h
Type: Hard Disk
Supports 48-bit addressing
Capacity: 1830171.9 MB = 1787.2 GB (-546775192 x 512)
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 16: status 0x51
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 0: status 0x51
** Can't read Driver Desriptor Block **
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 0: status 0x51
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 0: status 0x51
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 1: status 0x51
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 2: status 0x51
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 3: status 0x51
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 4: status 0x51
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 5: status 0x51
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 6: status 0x51
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 7: status 0x51
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 8: status 0x51
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 9: status 0x51
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 10: status 0x51
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 11: status 0x51
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 12: status 0x51
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 13: status 0x51
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 14: status 0x51
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 15: status 0x51
Press any key to interrupt autoboot: 0
First-level bootloader: entered main
First-level bootloader: got 2 valid boot sources
AmigaOS4 first-level bootloader.
Scanning HDD WDC WD800BB-00FJA0 WD-WCAJ91075426 13.03G13... Entered find_sec_bl_start
Reading sector 0
Reading sector 1
Found an HD
FLB: found something
FLB: SLB of length 27828; loading
found AmigaOS4 second level bootloader.
FLB: SLB loaded; now launching it
Loading .text @ 0x014000a0 (22464 bytes)
Loading .rodata @ 0x01405860 (2488 bytes)
Loading .eh_frame @ 0x01406218 (52 bytes)
Loading .got2 @ 0x0141624c (724 bytes)
Loading .data @ 0x01416520 (208 bytes)
Loading .sdata @ 0x014165f0 (16 bytes)
Clearing .sbss @ 0x01416600 (168 bytes)
Clearing .bss @ 0x014166a8 (3928 bytes)
A1 Second-level booter V2.
Idea, design and main code: Andrea Vallinotto.
Testing and fixes: Stefan Burstroem
SFS and ISO9660 reading routines: Joerg Strohmayer.
Linux booting extensions: Andrea and the GRUB team.
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 0: status 0x51
Loadsector: error when reading from block 0
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 1: status 0x51
Loadsector: error when reading from block 1
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 2: status 0x51
Loadsector: error when reading from block 2
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 3: status 0x51
Loadsector: error when reading from block 3
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 4: status 0x51
Loadsector: error when reading from block 4
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 5: status 0x51
Loadsector: error when reading from block 5
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 6: status 0x51
Loadsector: error when reading from block 6
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 7: status 0x51
Loadsector: error when reading from block 7
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 8: status 0x51
Loadsector: error when reading from block 8
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 9: status 0x51
Loadsector: error when reading from block 9
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 10: status 0x51
Loadsector: error when reading from block 10
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 11: status 0x51
Loadsector: error when reading from block 11
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 12: status 0x51
Loadsector: error when reading from block 12
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 13: status 0x51
Loadsector: error when reading from block 13
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 14: status 0x51
Loadsector: error when reading from block 14
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 15: status 0x51
Loadsector: error when reading from block 15
Possible selections:
1 -> AmigaOS 4.x: DH0 AmigaOS4.0
Choice ?

@RinceWynd


First of all, welcome back
Let's get this beast back to roaring...

I guess you still have your hardware manual?
If not, here: http://intuitionbase.com/a1_xe.pdf

See also here for UBoot stuff, maybe that helps you get back into the game?
http://intuitionbase.com/static.php?section=uboot

First of all you could do a "printenv" on the UBoot prompt?
Maybe your CDRom isn't set up correctly?

@Raziel

Thanks for the welcome .

Yeah, I did find those resources. Didn't help me so far. I've also tried to (re)register at the Hyperion forums, still waiting to be allowed (back) in there.

Also, the battery is fresh (i did remeber that much, lol).

Anyways, here's the printenv:

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ethact=3Com 3c920c#0
ethaddr=00:09:D2:11:03:81
bootcmd=menu; run menuboot_cmd
stdin=ps2kbd
a1ide_conf=0000
video_activate=agp
stdout=serial
a1ide_timeout=5
rescan_bootunits=on
boota_scan_all_HDD=on
sii0680ide_conf=1020
serial1_address=3f8
serial2_address=2f8
parallel_mode=1
parallel_address=378
usb0_enable=on
usb1_enable=on
usb_use_header=0
ide_maxbus=2
ide_swap=0
boot1=psiicdrom
boot2=ssiicdrom
boot3=
boot_config=Default
boota_timeout=3
boot_method=boota
menuboot_delay=5
os4_commandline=debuglevel=0
bootargs=root=/dev/hda3 idebus=66 l2cr=0x800000 floppy=0,4,cmos
pci_irqa=9
pci_irqa_select=level
pci_irqb=10
pci_irqb_select=level
pci_irqc=11
pci_irqc_select=level
pci_irqd=7
pci_irqd_select=level
agp_enable=on
agp_sideband=off
agp_speed=2x
sii0680ide_maxbus=2
sii0680ide_timeout=30
sii0680ide_irq=1
sii0680ide_xfer=G
video_num=1
menuboot_cmd=boota; boota; boota

@RinceWynd

Booting off the onboard VIA IDE controller is a safe bet in case the 0680 fails.

I remember having trouble with booting off a DVD drive on the 0680 controller, not sure why.

Make sure the VIA controller uses PIO instead of DMA transfers which I think is the default setting on the 4.1FE CD\DVD.

@Helloworld

Dank je!

Worth a shot. Not sure whether I have a spare proper cable anymore, but I just might.

@RinceWynd

Graag gedaan schatje

I assume you're booting off an IDE drive seeing boot1=psiicdrom before ssiicdrom, which case you could unplug the cable from your 0680 card and plug it in the via controller this one time for the update.

Don't think having the harddrive on the same cable would be an issue as long PIO is being used instead of UDMA for the harddrive,
which in Uboot would be the command: setenv "a1ide_xfer 0,0,0,0". which would set best pio for all devices I believe?

(or in AmigaOS: 4.1FE install disc\prefs\uboot)

If you are trying to use a SATA drive then, uhm.. my bad :/

No joy

I did find another cable, used that to connect the CD drive to the primary VIA IDE.

Might be my a1Ide related settings, but after ide reset scanning bus 0 times out. No devices found. I could try another CD drive, but I doubt that's the issue.

@RinceWynd

How odd, might move my PC to my A1 and capture my environment

Maybe it times out too soon on the VIA controller, your a1ide_timeout is set to 5 seconds, the AmigaOS wiki recommends 30 seconds as that is the ATAPI spec

Oh and uhm, you do have the master/slave jumpers set correctly, right?

One step forward, one step back...

Tried a different CD drive. This one is a Lite-on. It is detected, when connected to the primary VIA port, jumper set to master. My HD is still on the sii0680, as master.

It still won't boot from CD. It still boots from the HDD but...fails to go beyond kickstart. I see modules being loaded but after a bit I get the insert disk screen.

IRQ errors are gone from the debug, but new errors replaced them
U-Boot 1.1.1 (Mar 3 2005 - 16:42:53), Build: 03/03/05

CPU: MPC7455 v2.1 @ 800 MHz
Board: AmigaOne
DRAM:
Information for SIMM bank 0:
Number of banks: 1
Number of row addresses: 13
Number of coumns addresses: 11
SIMM is registered
Supported burst lenghts: 8 4 2 1 PAGE
Supported CAS latencies: CAS 3 CAS 2
RAS to CAS latency: 3
Precharge latency: 3
SDRAM highest CAS latency: 750
SDRAM 2nd highest CAS latency: 1000
SDRAM data width: 4
Auto Refresh supported
Refresh time: 1042 clocks
Bank 0 size: 512 MB

Slot 1: vacant
DIMM0_B0_SCR0 = 0x00ff9f00
DIMM0_B1_SCR0 = 0x007f9f00
DIMM0_B2_SCR0 = 0x007f9f00
DIMM0_B3_SCR0 = 0x007f9f00
Using CAS 3 (slow)
DRAM_GCR0 = 0x00550400
Refresh set to 2083 clocks, auto refresh on
DRAM_REFRESH0 = 0x00019823
Mode bank 0: 0x00008032
512 MB
FLASH: 0 kB
VGA: 0 ..
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
SCSI: Error SCSI Controller (1000,000F) not found
Net: 3Com 3c920c#0
AT Keyboard initialized!
USB: scanning bus for devices... 2 USB Devices found
No Catweasel controller (0xe1594, 0x0001) attached
Bus 0: OK Bus 1: not available
Device 0: Vendor: L▒T▒O▒ Prod.: C▒-▒O▒ ▒T▒5▒6▒ Rev: 9▒0▒
Type: Removable CD ROM
Capacity: 116896.4 MB = 114.1 GB (8663249 x 8390784)
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
** Can't read Driver Desriptor Block **
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
Device 1: not available
Bus 0: ................OK Bus 1: not available
Device 0: Model: WDC WD800BB-00FJA0 Firm: 13.03G13 Ser#: WD-WCAJ91075426
Type: Hard Disk
Capacity: 76319.0 MB = 74.5 GB (156301488 x 512)
Device 1: not available
Press any key to interrupt autoboot: 0
First-level bootloader: entered main
First-level bootloader: got 1 valid boot sources
AmigaOS4 first-level bootloader.
Scanning HDD WDC WD800BB-00FJA0 WD-WCAJ91075426 13.03G13... Entered find_sec_bl_start
Reading sector 0
Reading sector 1
Found an HD
FLB: found something
FLB: SLB of length 27828; loading
found AmigaOS4 second level bootloader.
FLB: SLB loaded; now launching it
Loading .text @ 0x014000a0 (22464 bytes)
Loading .rodata @ 0x01405860 (2488 bytes)
Loading .eh_frame @ 0x01406218 (52 bytes)
Loading .got2 @ 0x0141624c (724 bytes)
Loading .data @ 0x01416520 (208 bytes)
Loading .sdata @ 0x014165f0 (16 bytes)
Clearing .sbss @ 0x01416600 (168 bytes)
Clearing .bss @ 0x014166a8 (3928 bytes)
A1 Second-level booter V2.
Idea, design and main code: Andrea Vallinotto.
Testing and fixes: Stefan Burstroem
SFS and ISO9660 reading routines: Joerg Strohmayer.
Linux booting extensions: Andrea and the GRUB team.
Possible selections:
1 -> AmigaOS 4.x: DH0 AmigaOS4.0

Do the unspeakable, remove your hdd and try to boot only from cdrom, that way you'll know if it is even picked up during booting or if it errors out completely.

I'm not sure, but that
** Can't read Driver Desriptor Block **
can't be good :-/
(Not only the typo in "Descriptor" but the whole error message)

@RinceWynd

Quote:

I'm jealous

Does the harddrive have a higher boot priority in Partition Wizard?

Also don't miss Raziel's advice incase my post overshadows it..



Here's my VIA OS4.1 CD boot process and uboot environment for what it's worth

U-Boot 1.1.1 (Mar 3 2005 - 16:42:53), Build: 03/03/05

CPU: MPC7457 v1.1 @ 1066.666 MHz
Board: AmigaOne
DRAM:
Information for SIMM bank 0:
Number of banks: 2
Number of row addresses: 13
Number of coumns addresses: 11
SIMM is registered
Supported burst lenghts: 8 4 2 1
Supported CAS latencies: CAS 3 CAS 2
RAS to CAS latency: 3
Precharge latency: 3
SDRAM highest CAS latency: 750
SDRAM 2nd highest CAS latency: 1000
SDRAM data width: 4
Auto Refresh supported
Refresh time: 1042 clocks
Bank 0 size: 512 MB
Bank 1 size: 512 MB

Slot 1: vacant
DIMM0_B0_SCR0 = 0x00ff9f00
DIMM0_B1_SCR0 = 0x00ff9f00
DIMM0_B2_SCR0 = 0x007f9f00
DIMM0_B3_SCR0 = 0x007f9f00
Using CAS 3 (slow)
DRAM_GCR0 = 0x00550800
Refresh set to 2083 clocks, auto refresh on
DRAM_REFRESH0 = 0x00019823
Mode bank 0: 0x00008032
Mode bank 1: 0x00008032
1024 MB
FLASH: 0 kB
VGA: 0 ..
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
SCSI: Error SCSI Controller (1000,000F) not found
Net: 3Com 3c920c#0
AT Keyboard initialized!
USB: scanning bus for devices... 1 USB Devices found
No Catweasel controller (0xe1594, 0x0001) attached
Bus 0: not available Bus 1: OK
Device 2: Vendor: HL-DT-S Prod.: DVDRAM GSA-4167 Rev: DL13
Type: Removable CD ROM
Capacity: 213.3 MB = 0.2 GB (109255 x 2048)
Device 3: not available
Bus 0: not available Bus 1: OK
Device 2: Model: TS32GPSD330 Firm: 20140121 Ser#: B796253830922C000016
Type: Hard Disk
Supports 48-bit addressing
Capacity: 30534.0 MB = 29.8 GB (62533632 x 512)
Device 3: Model: ST380021A Firm: 3.19 Ser#: 3HV28952
Type: Hard Disk
Capacity: 76319.0 MB = 74.5 GB (156301488 x 512)
Press any key to interrupt autoboot: 0
Bus 0: not available Bus 1: OK
Device 2: Vendor: HL-DT-S Prod.: DVDRAM GSA-4167 Rev: DL13
Type: Removable CD ROM
Capacity: 213.3 MB = 0.2 GB (109255 x 2048)
Device 3: not available
First-level bootloader: entered main
First-level bootloader: got 1 valid boot sources
AmigaOS4 first-level bootloader.
Scanning CD/DVD HL-DT-S DVDRAM GSA-4167 DL13...Found a CD
AOS CD boot partition on disk is 14 sectors long.
CD boot image (el Torino) loaded.found AmigaOS4 second level bootloader.
FLB: SLB loaded; now launching it
Loading .text @ 0x014000a0 (22464 bytes)
Loading .rodata @ 0x01405860 (2488 bytes)
Loading .eh_frame @ 0x01406218 (52 bytes)
Loading .got2 @ 0x0141624c (724 bytes)
Loading .data @ 0x01416520 (208 bytes)
Loading .sdata @ 0x014165f0 (16 bytes)
Clearing .sbss @ 0x01416600 (168 bytes)
Clearing .bss @ 0x014166a8 (3928 bytes)
A1 Second-level booter V2.
Idea, design and main code: Andrea Vallinotto.
Testing and fixes: Stefan Burstroem
SFS and ISO9660 reading routines: Joerg Strohmayer.
Linux booting extensions: Andrea and the GRUB team.
Possible selections:
1 -> AmigaOS 4.x: CDROM AmigaOS4.1
Choice ? 1
Booting configuration AmigaOS4.1

_____________________________________________

Uboot environment

] printenv
bootcmd=menu; run menuboot_cmd
bootdelay=0
baudrate=115200
preboot=
ide_doreset=on
ide_cd_timeout=30
menucmd=menu
bootmethod=boota
ethact=3Com 3c920c#0
a1ide_xfer=0000
ethaddr=00:09:D2:11:00:9E
ipaddr=<unset>
serverip=<unset>
stdin=ps2kbd
a1ide_maxbus=0
boota_no_video_menu=off
sii3114ide_xfer=0000
sii0680ide_xfer=FFF0
vga_fg_color=7
vga_bg_color=0
bootdevice=0:1
boot_command=diskboot
boota_timeout=1
sii3112ide_xfer=AA
sii3512ide_xfer=AA
boot1=psii
boot_config=Default
boot_method=boota
menuboot_delay=3
os4_commandline=serial debuglevel=12
bootargs=root=/dev/ram rw ramdisk=4096
pci_irqa=9
pci_irqa_select=level
pci_irqb=11
pci_irqb_select=level
pci_irqc=10
pci_irqc_select=level
pci_irqd=7
pci_irqd_select=edge
agp_enable=on
agp_sideband=on
agp_speed=2x
limit_memory=2048
use_memory_limit=no
boot2=
boot3=
video_activate=pci
serial1_address=3f8
serial2_address=2f8
parallel_mode=0
parallel_address=378
usb0_enable=on
usb1_enable=off
usb_use_header=0
ide_maxbus=2
ide_swap=1
video_num=1
menuboot_cmd=
stdout=serial

Environment size: 1019/4092 bytes



The garbled hashtag output with your printenv end is very strange, do you use these serial settings?
https://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/File:09-putty_serial.png

Unrelated, you have AGP sideband disabled? turn it on that's free performance

Log when the HDD is unplugged (and yup, I use those Putty parameters):

U-Boot 1.1.1 (Mar 3 2005 - 16:42:53), Build: 03/03/05

CPU: MPC7455 v2.1 @ 800 MHz
Board: AmigaOne
DRAM:
Information for SIMM bank 0:
Number of banks: 1
Number of row addresses: 13
Number of coumns addresses: 11
SIMM is registered
Supported burst lenghts: 8 4 2 1 PAGE
Supported CAS latencies: CAS 3 CAS 2
RAS to CAS latency: 3
Precharge latency: 3
SDRAM highest CAS latency: 750
SDRAM 2nd highest CAS latency: 1000
SDRAM data width: 4
Auto Refresh supported
Refresh time: 1042 clocks
Bank 0 size: 512 MB

Slot 1: vacant
DIMM0_B0_SCR0 = 0x00ff9f00
DIMM0_B1_SCR0 = 0x007f9f00
DIMM0_B2_SCR0 = 0x007f9f00
DIMM0_B3_SCR0 = 0x007f9f00
Using CAS 3 (slow)
DRAM_GCR0 = 0x00550400
Refresh set to 2083 clocks, auto refresh on
DRAM_REFRESH0 = 0x00019823
Mode bank 0: 0x00008032
512 MB
FLASH: 0 kB
VGA: 0 ..
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
SCSI: Error SCSI Controller (1000,000F) not found
Net: 3Com 3c920c#0
AT Keyboard initialized!
USB: scanning bus for devices... 2 USB Devices found
No Catweasel controller (0xe1594, 0x0001) attached
Bus 0: OK Bus 1: not available
Device 0: ATTAPI_ISSUE: (no DRQ) after sending ccb (1b) status 0xd0
Vendor: LITEON Prod.: CD-ROM LTN526D Rev: 9S03
Type: CD ROM
Capacity: not available
Device 1: not available
Bus 0: not available Bus 1: not available
Press any key to interrupt autoboot: 0
Bus 0: OK Bus 1: not available
Device 0: Vendor: L▒T▒O▒ Prod.: C▒-▒O▒ ▒T▒5▒6▒ Rev: 9▒0▒
Type: Removable CD ROM
Capacity: 116896.4 MB = 114.1 GB (8663249 x 8390784)
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
** Can't read Driver Desriptor Block **
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
Device 1: not available
First-level bootloader: entered main
First-level bootloader: got 1 valid boot sources
AmigaOS4 first-level bootloader.
Scanning CD/DVD L▒T▒O▒ C▒-▒O▒ ▒T▒5▒6▒ 9▒0▒...Found a CD
AOS CD boot partition on disk is 0 sectors long.
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
CD boot image (el Torino) loaded.## No elf image at address 0x0f071d30
bad ELF image loaded; skipping!FLB: no SLB found in any of the designated boot sources; returning to u-boot.
Press any key to continue
First-level bootloader: entered main
First-level bootloader: got 1 valid boot sources
AmigaOS4 first-level bootloader.
Scanning CD/DVD L▒T▒O▒ C▒-▒O▒ ▒T▒5▒6▒ 9▒0▒...Found a CD
AOS CD boot partition on disk is 0 sectors long.
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
CD boot image (el Torino) loaded.## No elf image at address 0x0f079db0
bad ELF image loaded; skipping!FLB: no SLB found in any of the designated boot sources; returning to u-boot.
Press any key to continue
First-level bootloader: entered main
First-level bootloader: got 1 valid boot sources
AmigaOS4 first-level bootloader.
Scanning CD/DVD L▒T▒O▒ C▒-▒O▒ ▒T▒5▒6▒ 9▒0▒...Found a CD
AOS CD boot partition on disk is 0 sectors long.
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 80
CD boot image (el Torino) loaded.## No elf image at address 0x0f081e30
bad ELF image loaded; skipping!FLB: no SLB found in any of the designated boot sources; returning to u-boot.
Press any key to continue
]

Tried my last 'vintage' CD drive. Less errors, no joy (no garbled characters when the CD is not in the drive, btw):

U-Boot 1.1.1 (Mar 3 2005 - 16:42:53), Build: 03/03/05

CPU: MPC7455 v2.1 @ 800 MHz
Board: AmigaOne
DRAM:
Information for SIMM bank 0:
Number of banks: 1
Number of row addresses: 13
Number of coumns addresses: 11
SIMM is registered
Supported burst lenghts: 8 4 2 1 PAGE
Supported CAS latencies: CAS 3 CAS 2
RAS to CAS latency: 3
Precharge latency: 3
SDRAM highest CAS latency: 750
SDRAM 2nd highest CAS latency: 1000
SDRAM data width: 4
Auto Refresh supported
Refresh time: 1042 clocks
Bank 0 size: 512 MB

Slot 1: vacant
DIMM0_B0_SCR0 = 0x00ff9f00
DIMM0_B1_SCR0 = 0x007f9f00
DIMM0_B2_SCR0 = 0x007f9f00
DIMM0_B3_SCR0 = 0x007f9f00
Using CAS 3 (slow)
DRAM_GCR0 = 0x00550400
Refresh set to 2083 clocks, auto refresh on
DRAM_REFRESH0 = 0x00019823
Mode bank 0: 0x00008032
512 MB
FLASH: 0 kB
VGA: 0 ..
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
SCSI: Error SCSI Controller (1000,000F) not found
Net: 3Com 3c920c#0
AT Keyboard initialized!
USB: scanning bus for devices... 2 USB Devices found
No Catweasel controller (0xe1594, 0x0001) attached
Bus 0: OK Bus 1: not available
Device 0: ERROR: Unknown Sense key 02 ASC 04 ASCQ 81
Vendor: O▒t▒a▒c Prod.: D▒D▒R▒ ▒D▒5▒7▒A Rev: 1▒1▒
Type: Removable CD ROM
Capacity: not available
Device 1: not available
Bus 0: not available Bus 1: not available
Press any key to interrupt autoboot: 0
Bus 0: OK Bus 1: not available
Device 0: ERROR: Unknown Sense key 02 ASC 04 ASCQ 81
Vendor: Optiarc Prod.: DVD RW AD-5170A Rev: 1.11
Type: CD ROM
Capacity: not available
Device 1: not available
First-level bootloader: entered main
First-level bootloader: got 1 valid boot sources
AmigaOS4 first-level bootloader.
Scanning HDD ... Entered find_sec_bl_start
Loadsector failed
Found an HD
FLB: no SLB found in any of the designated boot sources; returning to u-boot.
Press any key to continue
First-level bootloader: entered main
First-level bootloader: got 1 valid boot sources
AmigaOS4 first-level bootloader.
Scanning HDD ... Entered find_sec_bl_start
Loadsector failed
Found an HD
FLB: no SLB found in any of the designated boot sources; returning to u-boot.
Press any key to continue
First-level bootloader: entered main
First-level bootloader: got 1 valid boot sources
AmigaOS4 first-level bootloader.
Scanning HDD ... Entered find_sec_bl_start
Loadsector failed
Found an HD
FLB: no SLB found in any of the designated boot sources; returning to u-boot.
Press any key to continue
]

@RinceWynd

Could you once more show us your printenv output?

Also (long time ago, so probably wrong) try this:

setenv a1ide_maxbus 2
setenv boot1 cdrom
setenv boot2 a1ide
setenv boot3 none
saveenv
reset

Printenv coming up. Further experiments reveal that the Lite-On drive doesn't even show up in Mediatoolbox. The Sony/Optiarc does, but no matter which CD I put in there, it's not read.

Debug log reports Device 1: Drive not ready, tried 100 times for the Sony/Optiarc drive

] printenv
bootcmd=menu; run menuboot_cmd
bootdelay=0
baudrate=115200
preboot=
stdin=ps2kbd
ide_doreset=on
ide_cd_timeout=30
menucmd=menu
bootmethod=boota
ethact=3Com 3c920c#0
ethaddr=00:09:D2:11:03:81
limit_memory=512
use_memory_limit=yes
aiide_conf=0200
a1ide_irq=1111
a1ide_timeout=30
stdout=serial
a1ide_xfer=0000
boota_no_video_menu=off
bootdevice=0:1
boot_command=diskboot
os4commandline=serial debuglevel 12
rescan_bootunits=on
boota_scan_all_HDD=on
a1ide_maxbus=2
sii0680ide_xfer=0000
serial1_address=3f8
serial2_address=2f8
parallel_mode=1
parallel_address=378
usb0_enable=on
usb1_enable=off
usb_use_header=0
ide_maxbus=2
ide_swap=0
boot1=psii
boot2=psiicdrom
boot3=
boot_config=Default
boota_timeout=5
boot_method=boota
menuboot_delay=3
bootargs=root=/dev/ram rw ramdisk=4096
pci_irqa=9
pci_irqa_select=level
pci_irqb=11
pci_irqb_select=level
pci_irqc=10
pci_irqc_select=level
pci_irqd=7
pci_irqd_select=level
agp_enable=on
agp_sideband=on
agp_speed=2x
os4_commandline=serial debuglevel 12
sii0680_xfer=0000
video_num=1
menuboot_cmd=

Environment size: 1033/4092 bytes
]

@RinceWynd

I can see a typo here
Quote:
That should probably be a1ide=

Also, i don't know how well UBoot behaves on the settings, but
Quote:
could/should be changed to

boot1=cdrom
boot2=a1ide

just for testing the onboard ide, you can always change it later on

Ok, fixed that aiide_conf typo.

With the Sony CD drive connected I get this:

Bus 0: OK Bus 1: not available
Device 0: ERROR: Unknown Sense key 02 ASC 04 ASCQ C5
Vendor: O▒t▒a▒c Prod.: D▒D▒R▒ ▒D▒5▒7▒A Rev: 1▒1▒
Type: Removable CD ROM
Capacity: not available
Device 1: not available
Bus 0: not available Bus 1: not available
Press any key to interrupt autoboot: 0
Bus 0: OK Bus 1: not available
Device 0: ERROR: Unknown Sense key 02 ASC 04 ASCQ 05
Vendor: O4t-a6c Prod.: DD$R D-5574A Rev: 1.15
Type: CD ROM
Capacity: not available
Device 1: not available
First-level bootloader: entered main
First-level bootloader: got 1 valid boot sources
AmigaOS4 first-level bootloader.
Scanning HDD ... Entered find_sec_bl_start
Loadsector failed
Found an HD
FLB: no SLB found in any of the designated boot sources; returning to u-boot.
Press any key to continue
First-level bootloader: entered main
First-level bootloader: got 1 valid boot sources
AmigaOS4 first-level bootloader.
Scanning HDD ... Entered find_sec_bl_start
Loadsector failed
Found an HD
FLB: no SLB found in any of the designated boot sources; returning to u-boot.
Press any key to continue
First-level bootloader: entered main
First-level bootloader: got 1 valid boot sources
AmigaOS4 first-level bootloader.
Scanning HDD ... Entered find_sec_bl_start
Loadsector failed
Found an HD
FLB: no SLB found in any of the designated boot sources; returning to u-boot.
Press any key to continue

With the Lite-On drive I get something slightly different:
Bus 0: OK Bus 1: not available
Device 0: Vendor: LMTEON Prod.: CD-VOM LTN5v6D Rev: 9W0w
Type: Removable CD ROM
Capacity: 127393.6 MB = 124.4 GB (4468949 x 4458564)
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
** Can't read Driver Desriptor Block **
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
Device 1: not available
Bus 0: not available Bus 1: not available
Press any key to interrupt autoboot: 0
Bus 0: OK Bus 1: not available
Device 0: Vendor: LMTEON Prod.: CD-VOM LTN5v6D Rev: 9W0w
Type: Removable CD ROM
Capacity: 127393.6 MB = 124.4 GB (4468949 x 4458564)
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
** Can't read Driver Desriptor Block **
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
Device 1: not available
First-level bootloader: entered main
First-level bootloader: got 1 valid boot sources
AmigaOS4 first-level bootloader.
Scanning CD/DVD LMTEON CD-VOM LTN5v6D 9W0w...Found a CD
AOS CD boot partition on disk is 0 sectors long.
ERROR: Unknown Sense key 05 ASC 21 ASCQ 44
CD boot image (el Torino) loaded.## No elf image at address 0x0f070e00
bad ELF image loaded; skipping!FLB: no SLB found in any of the designated boot sources; returning to u-boot.
Press any key to continue

Oh, the liteon seems to get further.

But I dont understand the cd image part.
Dont you have your AmigaOS install CD in place?

@RinceWynd

I suspect that it might be a busted ide cable.

Perhaps you could rip the iso on another PC, "burn" it to a USB drive and boot off that.

@Helloworld

I've tried 2 different IDE cables. Both yield the same result.

USB is worth a shot, not sure whether that'll work due to the A1 XE usb issues. One USB port is in use by my mouse. I do have a usb -> PS/2 adaptor but if I use that my mouse doesn't work.