[c-nsp] 1841 dumps to rommon only on power failure

[Vinny Abello]

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On 7/19/2011 11:31 AM, Marty Adkins wrote:

> On 7/17/2011 11:58:11 PM Vinny Abello <vinny at abellohome.net> wrote:

>> Got an interesting problem I thought someone else might have

>> experienced. I have an 1841 in my home that I've used for a while.

>> Recently (probably within the past year) I noticed that when it looses

>> power, the next time it powers on it doesn't boot properly and just gets

>> dumped to rommon.

>     [snip]

> 

> I wonder if you're running into the symptom in this field notice from

> 2007 -- Unable to Read Compact Flash - ROMMON Upgrade Available:

> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/ts/fn/620/fn62573.html

> The real cause was a defective compact flash controller but Cisco

> worked around it with a ROMMON update.

> I've run into a number of these at a customer that has hundreds of

> 1841s in the field.

> 

> - Marty



I would say that sounds very likely, however I'm already on the ROMMON version that supposedly has the workaround. Perhaps the Compact Flash controller has failed in some other new and interesting way. :)



- -Vinny

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