[c-nsp] Cat6500 "Waiting for supervisor to come online in other slot" when booting

[Peter Hicks]

All,

Peter Hicks wrote:

> I have a pair of 6504Es with Sup32s here, running 12.2(33)SXH6.  When
> they boot, the bootloader loads and I am presented with:
> 
> ==cut===
...
> Cisco IOS Software, s3223_sp Software (s3223_sp-BOOT-M), Version
> 12.2(33)SXH6, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
> Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
> Copyright (c) 1986-2009 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
> Compiled Thu 15-Oct-09 11:59 by prod_rel_team
> Image text-base: 0x40231348, data-base: 0x41B62000
> 
> MAC based EOBC installed
> 
> Waiting (slot 1) for supervisor to come online in other slot.  iteration
> = 0
>          Next Retry will be done after 6 seconds
> 
> ==cut===

For the archives - because somebody else is likely to have this problem, 
the problem was that I had a modular software image and the boot 
variables weren't set properly. 
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps708/prod_white_paper0900aecd80313e09.html 
explains how to install modular images.

Regards,


Peter