[c-nsp] Bootstrapping issue on sup720/6504

[Dave Temkin]

Simon,

	Try formatting the CF card with a FAT16 filesystem instead of
FAT32.  That should
do the trick.

-Dave


On Fri, 7 Apr 2006, Simon Lockhart wrote:

> All,
>
> I've just taken delivery of a Cisco 6504 & Sup720-3BXL. For some reason, the
> sup72 has come with software 12.2(18)SXD4. The 6504 requires a minimum of
> 12.2(18)SXE. Therefore, it won't boot.
>
> I've got a 512M CF card here, which I've tried formatting on my laptop, and
> putting the correct image on it. When I did that, the sup720 wouldn't even
> see the card:
>
> rommon 2 > boot disk0:
> device does not contain a valid magic number
> boot: cannot open "disk0:"
> boot: cannot determine first file name on device "disk0:"
>
> I then tried formatting it on an 1800 which I had lying around spare. I got
> further this time, but it still wouldn't boot:
>
> rommon 10 > dir disk0:
> open: file "c7200-atafslib-m" not found
> open(): Open Error = -1
> loadprog: error - on file open
> cannot load the monitor library "disk0:%c7200-atafslib-m" from device: PCMCIA Disk 0dir: cannot open device "disk0:"
>
> I'm working through my supplier to get a correctly formatted CF, but that's
> going to take until after the weekend.
>
> I'd try xmodem, but the sup720 only seems to support 38k4 on the console, so
> a 78M IOS image is going to take over 4 hours to transfer, and I don't trust
> xmodem to survive that long without crashing.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Simon
>