[c-nsp] Cisco 6509 SUP2-MSFC2 and PCMCIA Flash

[Jon Lewis]

On Wed, 17 Mar 2010, Larry Stites wrote:

> Is it possible that 128mb is too large amount of flash memory for the
> S2-MSFC2 to recognize? Does the Supervisor module only accommodate 64Mb max?
>
>
> We're having trouble with (MEM-C6K-ATA-1-128M) PCMCIA 128MB memory cards for
> the S2-MSFC2. No matter which of (4) S2-MSFC2 we put the memory cards in we
> get:
>
> %Error opening slot0:/ (No device available)
>
> which is the same error as if nothing is in that slot.
> (We tried disk0:  as well)

These are ATA flash cards and should show up as disk0:, not slot0:.  I've 
used up to 512mb ATA flash cards in Sup2s without any problems.

!Flash: disk0: 512581632 bytes total (281837568 bytes free)
!Slot 1: type Catalyst 6000 supervisor 2 (Active), 2 ports
!Slot 1: part WS-X6K-SUP2-2GE, serial SAL0733JPQJ
!Slot 1: hvers 4.3, firmware 7.1(1), sw 12.2(18)SXD7

That's some clippings from an old rancid CVS version of the "config". 
That particular device isn't currently in service as we replaced our Sup2s 
with Sup720s.

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