[c-nsp] Sup720 hanging after rommon starts loading IOS

[Paul]

For compact flash cards you need to put them in a PC, and remove the 
partition table (or format it FAT16).
Once the partition table is completely removed , format it in your 
supervisor and it will work every time.
The issue is that most flash cards come with the partition table already 
created and already formatted.

On 4/22/2013 12:40 PM, "Rolf Hanßen" wrote:
> Hello,
>
> after 2 afternoons of trial and error I now got it running.
> I replaced the memory modules (RP and SP Ram, not the flash) and could
> boot from the 64MB flash modules then.
>
> The CF card was still not accepted.
> I needed to boot into some older image, format the CF card in disk0 of the
> Sup720.
> Then needed to copy the files again via TFTP to CF, move the CF card to
> the adapter and boot the image via rommon.
>
> kind regards
> Rolf
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have an issue with a (refurbished) Sup720-2B. It does not load the IOS.
>> Chassis is a 6509, also tried a 6509-E and tried Slot 5 + 6 to make sure
>> the chassis is ok.
>> Few seconds after telling me to load the IOS it hangs:
>> ------------------------------------
>> System Bootstrap, Version 8.5(3)
>> Copyright (c) 1994-2008 by cisco Systems, Inc.
>> Cat6k-Sup720/SP processor with 524288 Kbytes of main memory
>>
>> Autoboot executing command: "boot bootflash:"
>> Loading image, please wait ...
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------
>>
>> All status LEDs are red from that point.
>> I tried with 3 different 64GB Flash modules I had from some past upgrades.
>>
>> I at least see some images on those modules (and I am quite sure they
>> worked when they were removed ;)), sample:
>> rommon 4 > dir bootflash:
>>           File size           Checksum   File name
>>    46666996 bytes (0x2c814f4)  0x27786551
>> s72033-pk9sv-mz.122-18.SXD7b.bin
>>
>> I think rommon recognizes that the images exists, if I enter a wrong
>> filename i get an error message.
>>
>> Maybe need to change another setting ?
>>
>> rommon 1 > set
>> PS1=rommon ! >
>> LOG_PREFIX_VERSION=1
>> SLOTCACHE=cards;
>> PF_REDUN_CRASH_COUNT=0
>> RET_2_RTS=08:14:12 UTC Wed Mar 7 2012
>> TYFIB_BLOCK_ALLOC=
>> NT_K=0:0:0:0
>> BSI=0
>> RET_2_RCALTS=
>> ACL_DENY=0
>> RANDOM_NUM=1921496405
>> ?=0
>> BOOT=bootflash:s72033-pk9sv-mz.122-18.SXD7b.bin,1
>>
>>
>> boot -v shows some lines before freezing:
>>
>> boot: bootstring is: "bootflash:s72033-pk9sv-mz.122-18.SXD7b.bin"
>> ROM: set load_again: a00042e0 bfc2d1ac 80006c50 30409001
>> Loading image, please wait ...
>>
>> loading section to address 0x80008000 from file position 0x16c, size is
>> 0x18000
>> loading section to address 0x80020000 from file position 0x1816c, size is
>> 0x34e0
>> loading section to address 0x800234e0 from file position 0x1b64c, size is
>> 0x4c0
>>
>> loading section to address 0x80020000 from file position 0x11c, size is
>> 0x8000
>> loading section to address 0x80028000 from file position 0x811c, size is
>> 0xe00
>> loading section to address 0x80028e00 from file position 0x8f1c, size is
>> 0x20
>> loading section to address 0x80028e20 from file position 0x8f3c, size is
>> 0x2c78584
>>
>> The adresses change depending on the image/flash module.
>>
>> Any hint how to make that card running IOS or is this an hardware issue ?
>>
>> It also does not read from a CF card (formatted and readable from a Sup2T,
>> maybe that uses another format ?) in rommon:
>>
>> rommon 2 > dir disk0:
>> monlib does not contain a valid magic number
>> dir: cannot open device "disk0:"
>>
>> Same if I use disk1 or a CF to Flash-module adapter.
>>
>> kind regards
>> Rolf
>>
>>
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