[j-nsp] issue with internal flash upgrade kit on M7i

[Jonas Frey]

Bernd,

do a "start shell user root"
and check these sysctl variables:

machdep.bootdevs
(probably: pcmcia-flash,compact-flash,disk,lan)
machdep.nextbootdev
(probably: pcmcia-flash)


Regards,
Jonas



On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 16:11, Goldschmidt, Bernd wrote:
> Maybe the CF is not in the boot list.
> Do you see something like this on the console when booting the router?
> ---
> Will try to boot from :                       
> PCMCIA ATA Flash Card                     
> Primary IDE Hard Disk                     
> Ethernet        
> 
> Trying to Boot from PCMCIA ATA Flash Card                                         
> 
> Trying to Boot from Primary IDE Hard Disk                                         
> Loading /boot/loader                    
> Console: serial port                    
> BIOS drive A: is disk0                      
> BIOS drive C: is disk1                      
> BIOS 639kB/1571840kB available memory 
> ---
> 
> https://puck.nether.net/pipermail/juniper-nsp/2005-November/005667.html
> 
> 
> Gruß
> Bernd. 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> > [mailto:juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Hahn, Ch
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 3:34 PM
> > To: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> > Subject: [j-nsp] issue with internal flash upgrade kit on M7i
> > 
> > Hi list,
> > 
> > I've just purchased the media upgrade kit for an M7i and 
> > installed the flash disk internally on the RE. Then I 
> > followed the installation instructions manual and did a 
> > "request systems snapshot partition" which finished without 
> > errors and rebooted the router as described in the manual. 
> > But the router still boots from the internal HD. Every time I 
> > log in I can see a message that it is running from alternate 
> > media device /dev/ad1s1a. The internal flash card is shown as 
> > ad0 in "show system boot-messages".
> > 
> > I repeated the installation procedure but nothing changes. 
> > Now I'm a little bit lost and don't know how to tell the 
> > router to use ad0 (internal flash) as boot media. Can anybody 
> > give me a hint what went wrong or what to do?
> > 
> > best regards,
> > Christian Hahn
> > 
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