[c-nsp] the incredible disappearing (and reappearing) flash disk

[Jon Lewis]

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, Robert E.Seastrom wrote:

> I've got a couple of 7010s with RSP7000s in them.  Bootflash is
> rsp-boot-mz.122-24.bin; running-IOS is rsp-isv-mz.123-8.T.bin (this
> also happened with other versions).
>
> I'm booting from a Sandisk 128mb compact flash chip in a CF to PCMCIA
> adaptor in slot 0.
>
> Every so often, at random intervals, RANCID detects the following
> config change:
>
>    - !Memory: pcmcia ATA slot0 125184K
>    + !Memory: pcmcia Flash slot0 0K

Funny conincidence....but I'm having a similar isssue moving around my
network on 7206vxr's, 7507s (RSP4), and 7513s (RSP4).  In my case, rancid
sees the directory listing of nvram: appear/disappear.

  !Flash: nvram: Directory of nvram:/
- !Flash: nvram:   126  -rw-       38661              <no date>  startup-config
- !Flash: nvram:   127  ----          27              <no date>  private-config
- !Flash: nvram:   128  -rw-       38661              <no date>  underlying-config
- !Flash: nvram:     1  -rw-        9041              <no date>  ifIndex-table
- !Flash: nvram:     9  ----          32              <no date>  persistent-data
- !Flash: nvram:    11  -rw-        1639              <no date>  cerf_report
- !Flash: nvram: 129016 bytes total (76964 bytes free)
- !

Usually these all come back by the next rancid poll.

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