[c-nsp] 4500X weird issue...

[Jeff Kell]

We received our first pair of 4500X switches, and proceeded to try to
prepare them for deployment.  They came up OK on console access, we got
a very basic configuration setup, linked them together, and did an
initial VSS pairing.

With that successful, we put in a management IP address for the
management port, saved everything, and proceeded to move them to the
server room.

Upon power-up at the new location, they won't boot...

>  ****************************************************************
>  *                                                              *
>  * Rom Monitor NVRAM configuration is being initialized to      *
>  * default values. This may be because it was never initialized.*
>  *                                                              *
>  ****************************************************************
> Writing to Primary Region failed
> Writing to Backup Region failed
>
>  Rommon (G) Signature verification PASSED
> flash0:/codesign/rm1.dat open failure
>
>  Rommon (P) Signature verification PASSED
> flash0:/codesign/rm2.dat open failure
>
>  ****************************************************************
>  *                                                              *
>  * Rom Monitor NVRAM configuration is being initialized to      *
>  * default values. This may be because it was never initialized.*
>  *                                                              *
>  ****************************************************************
> Writing to Primary Region failed
> Writing to Backup Region failed
>
>  FPGA   (P) Signature verification PASSED
> flash0:/codesign/fpga.dat open failure
>  ************************************************************
>  *                                                          *
>  * Welcome to Rom Monitor for    WS-C4500X-16 System.       *
>  * Copyright (c) 2008-2013 by Cisco Systems, Inc.           *
>  * All rights reserved.                                     *
>  *                                                          *
>  ************************************************************
>
>  Rom Monitor (P) Version 15.0(1r)SG10
>  CPU Rev: 2.2, Board Rev: 9, Board Type: 108
>  CPLD Mobat Rev: 2.0x549a.0x59a4
>  Chassis: WS-C4500X-16
>
>  MAC Address  : e4-c7-22-**-**-**
>  Ip Address   : Not set.
>  Netmask      : Not set.
>  Gateway      : Not set.
>  TftpServer   : Not set.
>
>  Non-Redundant system or peer not running IOS
>  System Uplinks & Linecards have been reset!!
>
>
>  ***** The system will autoboot in 5 seconds *****
>
>
>  Type control-C to prevent autobooting.
>  . . . .
>  Management Ethernet Link Up: 1Gb Full Duplex
>  .
>
>  ******** The system will autoboot now ********
>
>
>  config-register = 0x102
> Writing to Primary Region failed
> Writing to Backup Region failed
>  Autobooting using BOOT variable specified file.....
>
>  Could not find a valid file in BOOT environment variable.
>  BOOT variable can be set from IOS. To find currently set
>  Rom Monitor variables, please type 'set' command.
>
>  For help on choosing a boot method,  type 'confreg' command.
> Writing to Primary Region failed
> Writing to Backup Region failed
> Writing to Primary Region failed
> Writing to Backup Region failed
> Writing to Primary Region failed
> Writing to Backup Region failed
> rommon 1 >boot
> Writing to Primary Region failed
> Writing to Backup Region failed
> ExtX super block invalid signature
>  No bootable image found !
>  boot: can not determine first file name on device "flash1:/USER"
> rommon 2 >

What the heck???

Jeff