[c-nsp] bootvar desync between RP and SP

[Tim Durack]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Richard A Steenbergen <ras at e-gerbil.net>wrote:

> Has anyone ever seen a situation where the RP and SP bootvar gets
> desynced, like so:
>
> router#sh bootvar
> BOOT variable =
> disk0:s72033-advipservicesk9-mz.122-33.SRC3.bin,1;disk0:s72033-advipservicesk9-mz.122-33.SRC2.bin,1;
> CONFIG_FILE variable =
> BOOTLDR variable =
> Configuration register is 0x2102
>
> router#remote login switch
> Trying Switch ...
> Entering CONSOLE for Switch
> Type "^C^C^C" to end this session
>
> router-sp#show bootvar
> BOOT variable =
> disk0:s72033-advipservicesk9-mz.122-33.SRC2.bin,1;disk0:s72033-advipservicesk9-mz.122-33.SRC1.bin,1;disk0:s72033-advipservicesk9-mz.122-33.SRC1.bin,1;
> CONFIG_FILE variable does not exist
> BOOTLDR variable does not exist
> Configuration register is 0x2102
>
> I tried clearing and readding the boot config, resetting the config
> register, etc, but when the box reboots it always tries to load the
> images specified in the SP bootvar. The only way to load new images on
> the box (short of breaking to rommon and manually typing the image name
> on console) is to rename the new file to one of the image names the SP
> is looking for, which needless to say is pretty annoying. Any clues?
>

And you did all of that from the RP? I've had issues with the
config-register getting out of sync. Setting it on the RP and doing a write
mem fixed it for me (6k5 running SX. Different bugs than a 7k6 no doubt.)

Tim:>


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