[c-nsp] NPE-G1 cant read Compact Flash

[Joe Maimon]

Łukasz Bromirski wrote:
> On 2009-12-24 17:51, Joe Maimon wrote:
>
>>> The original CF card may have gone bad but if you're sure the other CF
>>> cards are OK then they may be formatted wrong.
>> The card is fine, tested in external reader. They are all fine.
>
> The CF slot of NPE-G1 is very picky about CF - even if it's from
> Cisco. I'd make sure I have latest ROMMON loaded and then do following:
>
> - make the NPE-G1 boot the IOS correctly by any means - loading
>    it until it goes up

tftp with the boothelper, check.

> - format the CF then - new ROMMONs tend to mask various 'problems'
>    the reader may have with the CF

Nothing seen in the disk2: or worse the router hangs.

> - then check if You can reboot the router safely and it will read
>    the CF correctly

Nope.

>
> If You can't make it work - RMA the NPE. Maybe the CF reader is simply
> broken.

Seems like it.