[c-nsp] Can't upgrade rommon on 7609/sup720-3bxl - Corruption on local copying?

[Phil Rosenthal]

On Feb 25, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Saku Ytti wrote:

> On (2007-02-25 08:53 -0500), Phil Rosenthal wrote:
>
>> This is on SRA1 ...
>>
>> Just curious if anyone else has seen this:
>> #upgrade rom-monitor slot 5 sp file http://10.10.10.50/c6ksup720-
>> rm2.8-5-1.srec
>> Copying http://10.10.10.50/c6ksup720-rm2.8-5-1.srec onto SP's
>> bootdisk...
>> Loading http://10.10.10.50/c6ksup720-rm2.8-5-1.srec !!!!!!!!!!!!
>> Loading http://10.10.10.50/c6ksup720-rm2.8-5-1.srec
>> Feb 25 08:43:27 EST: %SREC_OPEN-SP-4-ERROR_OPEN:
>> %Error: Can't open sup-bootflash:upg_sp_rommon.srec
>
> Copy it to local bootdisk before trying. If it's hot spare
> SUP, I haven't yet found way to make it work, I've opened
> case CSCsh45183 against the issue.
> I lab works a-ok if I do switch-over and upgrade both SUPs when
> they are active.
>
>> I receive this same error if I try it from http or tftp, and if I try
>> copying the .srec file to disk0: or sup-bootdisk: first manually, and
>> then upgrade from there, it takes the command and does absolutely
>> nothing - no errors at all.
>
> Try 'bootflash'.

#copy http://10.10.10.50/c6ksup720-rm2.8-5-1.srec bootflash:
Destination filename [c6ksup720-rm2.8-5-1.srec]?
Loading http://10.10.10.50/c6ksup720-rm2.8-5-1.srec !!!!!!!!!!!!
736475 bytes copied in 23.000 secs (32021 bytes/sec)

#upgrade rom-monitor slot 5 sp file bootflash:c6ksup720-rm2.8-5-1.srec
Copying bootflash:c6ksup720-rm2.8-5-1.srec onto SP's bootdisk...
Copy in progress...CCCCCCCCCCCC
#
Feb 25 11:43:13 EST: %SREC_OPEN-SP-4-ERROR_OPEN:
%Error: Can't open sup-bootflash:upg_sp_rommon.srec

>
>> Also on a related note, I seem to have found the hard way with SRA1
>> that if you copy an image from disk0: to sup-bootdisk: the image
>> seems to get corrupted fairly reliably -- As in:
>> 1) copy from tftp or http to disk0:
>> 2) change boot to load off of disk0:
>> 3) It boots
>> 4) copy from disk0: to sup-bootdisk:
>> 5) change it to boot off sup-bootdisk:
>> 6) it doesn't boot
>
> Do you have cflash bigger than 512MB? If so, I believe it might be
> the cause.
>
This is a brand new 7609 with the CF-UPG as standard, with all Cisco  
supplied/branded 512MB flash cards.

> -- 
>   ++ytti
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