[c-nsp] SUP720-3B / 3rd party CF

[Tim Durack]

Hmm. I've got a handful of Kingston cards that work on both 3B/3C and a
handful that work only on 3C.

Those that don't work give an error on read/format:

%Error show disk0: (no such device)

Tim:>

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Jared Mauch <jared at puck.nether.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 11:20:33AM -0400, Tim Durack wrote:
> > That's true, but the Cisco 1GB CF I borrowed from a S720-10G for a test
> > seems to work okay. So I'm still scratching my head.
> >
> > At this point I'm probably going to spring for the Cisco CF, but I'd
> rather
> > know that I could mix-n-match.
>
>         Depending on your IOS version, it may make a difference, as well as
> the monlib on the CF.  Make sure you format the devices in the router to
> insure there are limited/no problems.
>
>        We have 1G CF cards working fine.  In recent IOS versions you ca
> obtain
> detailed flash information.  I recommend SanDisk.  I've not tested over 1G
> CF
> cards, but running with SXF and SXH we seem to have no issue.
>
>        If someone from TAC wants to try to counterpost that a "unsupported"
> CF card will violate our warranty or any other garbage like that, Please
> notify me when the PMs decide to ship sufficently sized CF to support
> the devices to provide core dumps for developers.
>
>        - Jared
>
>
> Router#show disk0 all
> -#- --length-- -----date/time------ path
> 2            1 Jan  1 1980 HA:HA:HA s72033
>
> 946323456 bytes available (78217216 bytes used)
>
> ******** ATA Flash Card Geometry/Format Info ********
>
> ATA CARD GEOMETRY
>   Manufacturer Name      SanDisk
>   Model Number           SanDisk SDCFB-1024
>   Serial Number          SECURED
>   Firmware Revision      HDX 4.03
>   Number of Heads        16
>   Number of Cylinders    1986
>   Sectors per Cylinder   63
>   Sector Size            512
>   Total Sectors          2001888
>
> ATA PARTITION 1 INFO
>   Start Sector           63
>   Number of Sectors      2001825
>   Size in Bytes          1024934400
>   File System Type       FAT16
>   Number of FAT Sectors  245
>   Sectors Per Cluster    32
>   Number of Clusters     62533
>   Number of Data Sectors 2001056
>   Base FAT Sector        108
>   Base Root Sector       598
>   Base Data Sector       630
>
> ATA MONLIB INFO
>   Image Monlib size      69912
>   Disk Monlib Size       53880
>   Disk Space Available   54784
>   Name                   NA
>   End Sector             NA
>   Start sector           NA
>   Updated By             NA
>   Version                NA
>
> RFS VERSION :
> Negotiated Version                  : 0
> Highest version supported in Server : 0
> Highest version supported in Client : 0
>
>
>
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