[c-nsp] PCMCIA flash help

[Dave Temkin]

Is it true PCMCIA Linear Flash, or is it a ATA Flash?  If it's the latter
it won't work in a 3600.

-Dave

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Burton Windle wrote:

> Is there some trick to getting a PCMCIA flash card working in IOS? I have
> an older 16mb Viking flash card that isn't playing nice. When I insert it
> into a 3600, I get this on my console:
>
> Flash card inserted. Reading filesystem...
> %Error: PCMCIA Slot0 flash bank 0 chip 0 unknown, chip id 0x0    (reversed = 0x0   )
> %Error: PCMCIA Slot0 flash initialization failed
>
>
> The card appears somewhat readable, as IOS can tell how big it is:
>
> PCMCIA Slot0 flash directory:
> No files in PCMCIA Slot0 flash
> [0 bytes used, 16777212 available, 16777212 total]
> 16384K bytes of processor board PCMCIA Slot0 flash (Device not programmable)
>
> I've tried with both 12.2(24) and 12.2(27) with no luck. Is the card
> likely bad, or I am missing something?
>
>