[c-nsp] 6500/7600 boot issues

[David Prall]

You just set the config register, then confirm with the remote commands.
Some where in the mix it didn't synchronize between the two. Had this
problem on a 6500, spent 4 hours trying to figure out why it was happening.
I now confirm and verify.

David

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jon Lewis
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 3:41 PM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] 6500/7600 boot issues
> 
> Several months ago, I posted about a 6509/sup7203bxl we have 
> that won't boot properly without manual help (being told to 
> boot from the rom-mon prompt, or fails-back to booting from 
> sup-bootflash...depending on what rom-mon code we use 
> (upgraded to latest falls back to whatever is in 
> sup-bootflash, gold just sits at rom-mon waiting for an 
> operator to tell it to boot)).  I just noticed something I 
> suspect may be the issue, but I'm not sure how it happened or 
> how to change it.
> 
> The config-register on the supervisor (as shown by rem com sw 
> sh ver) is 0x2142.  On all our other 6500s, both the msfc and 
> sup conf-regs are 0x2102.  How do you change the conf-reg on 
> the supervisor?  Is it as simple as rem com sw conf t 
> conf-reg 0x2102 exit reload
> 
> I'm a little hesitant to try this on a running router.
> 
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