[c-nsp] MSFC2 can't see Sup2 sup-slot0:

[Tim Stevenson]

At 04:03 PM 4/25/2007 -0700, Rick Kunkel mumbled:
>Have people run into this before?  Either I'm doing something really
>stoopid, or my Googling skills are lacking... Or else it just doesn't
>happen often...
>
>I have a 6509 with a Sup2.  i'm trying to convert from hybrid mode to
>native IOS mode.  All seems pretty much OK, except for a couple of things.
>
>First, the Sup2 seems to prefer if you call the PCMCIA Flash "disk0:", not
>"slot0:", like all the documenation suggests.  I can deal with this...

It depends on the flash type. If it's ATA flash, then it is called 
disk, not slot.

>Second, my MSFC2 just won't see the Sup2's PCMCIA Flash or Sup2's
>bootflash, which as far as I can tell, should be addressable by
>"sup-slot0:" and "sup-bootflash:", respectively.

In catOS, you've never been able to "see" the flash on the sup from 
the MSFC. You can boot the MSFC2 from it, but you can't, eg, list the 
files on it etc. It is treated as a remote file system, similar to a 
tftp server etc.

The sup-slot0: & sup-bootflash: names are unique to native mode only.

>The MSFC2 is currently running the MSFC2 ver of 12.1(8b)E20.
>The Sup2 is running CatOS 8.8-4-1.
>
>I'm trying to get IOS 121-19.E1 on the things.  I get it onto the Sup2
>disk0: (or slot0:...whatever), put the sup2 into rommon mode, and boot it,
>but then when I get into the msfc2 rommon mode, i can't read the blasted
>slot.

You may be able to just change the config register to 0x2102 in the 
RP rommon (ie, after the SP hands over console to the RP) & then do a 
"reset" from the RP rommon, and that should trigger it to boot the 
image. Either that, or try explicitly booting sup-disk0:<filename> 
(without the expectation of being able to list the files) from the RP rommon.

Might be easier to diagnose if you send the output from the point 
where you start the boot process from the SP.

HTH,
Tim


>Many thanks for a tip to get me past this simple step...
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rick Kunkel
>
>
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Tim Stevenson, tstevens at cisco.com
Routing & Switching CCIE #5561
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