I still don't know why net5501 doesn't boot from the 2 GB CF card I was trying
to use, but I got it working with a 512 MB Sandisk card. If I put the same
Don't ask me why, but I have an Alix board and it doesn't boot from a Transcend
4GB CF card. I've tried everything, but it just doesn't boot any OS I've tried
on it (NetBSD, FreeBSD, DragonFlyBSD, GNU/Linux).
It works if I try to USB boot using a PC and with an external card reader, but
no luck with the Alix.
No problems with more than one Sandisk 4GB CF.
Maybe some producers use some "tricks" on geometry of the cards and it seems
that the Alix (and the net5501, as far as I can see) doesn't like it.