[c-nsp] 6509 only boots to bootflash

[David Prall]

Try "remote command switch sh boot" to confirm that the configuration
register synchronized properly with the SP. I've run into this more then
once. I'm not sure off the top of my head how to do this with the slave
though.

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 Voll, Scott
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 7:22 PM
> To: Brian; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] 6509 only boots to bootflash
>
> Try Slavedisk0:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Brian
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 2:51 PM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] 6509 only boots to bootflash
>
> I am stuck trying to figure out why my standby sup720 ignores the boot
> system commands and only tries to boot from bootflash.
>
>
> Here are my boot variables:
>
> SW008#sh bootvar
> BOOT variable = disk0:s72033-ipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF7.bin,12;
> CONFIG_FILE variable =
> BOOTLDR variable =
> Configuration register is 0x2102
>
> Standby is up
> Standby has 458720K/65536K bytes of memory.
>
> Standby BOOT variable =
> disk0:s72033-ipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF7.bin,12;
> Standby CONFIG_FILE variable =
> Standby BOOTLDR variable =
> Standby Configuration register is 0x2102
>
>
> And the contents of disk0:
>
> SW008#sh disk0:
> -#- --length-- -----date/time------ path
> 1     81764868 Feb 26 2007 16:19:08 s72033-ipservicesk9_wan-
> mz.122-18.SXF7.bin
>
> 429932544 bytes available (81772544 bytes used)
>
>
> When I reload the peer sup engine, I see the following:
>
> SW008#redundancy reload peer
> Reload peer [confirm]
> Preparing to reload peer
>
> SW008#
> Mar  5 10:10:19 Central: %OIR-SP-3-PWRCYCLE: Card in module
> 6, is being
> power-cycled (RF request)
> Mar  5 10:10:20 Central: %SNMP-5-MODULETRAP: Module 6 [Down] Trap
> SW008#
> Mar  5 10:10:19 Central: %PFREDUN-SP-6-ACTIVE: Standby
> processor removed or
> reloadeäCat6k-Sup720/SP processor with 524288 Kbytes of main memory
>
> Autoboot executing command: "boot bootflash:"
> boot: cannot determine first file name on device "bootflash:"
>
> System Bootstrap, Version 8.4(2) Release
> Copyright (c) 1994-2005 by cisco Systems, Inc.
>
> rommon 1 >
>
>
> >From rommon, I can change the confreg to '2' so it boots off
> the system
> image, then it boots fine.  But the next reload has the same
> results where
> it boots from bootflash.  I can also issue a 'boot
> disk0:s72033-ipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF7.bin' and it
> loads fine, so I
> know my image is good.
>
>
> I must be missing something simple...can anyone see my mistake?
>
>
> TIA,
> Brian
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