[j-nsp] T Series RE-1300 CompactFlash Card upgrade

[Rafael Rodriguez]

Apologies, for got to mention.

SanDisk 1GB CF had the 10.4R5.5 install-media dd onto it.

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Rafael Rodriguez <packetjockey at gmail.com>wrote:

> Now trying with the SanDisk 1GB and getting a little bit further but
> running into another issue now.  CF begins to boot but goes into "debugging
> subshell" mode.  I've tried this now on two REs with the same result.  On
> the CF we have (from install-media) 10.4R5.5.  Im kind of stumped with this
> one, don't know what I am doing wrong.  Any help is greatly appreciated.
>  Thanks.
>
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> =================== Bootstrap installer starting ===================
> Initialized the environment
> Routing engine model is RE-4.0
> Discovered that flash disk = ad0 , hard disk = ad1
> ERROR: discover_install_drive: tmp/preinstall/install.conf not found
> You are now in a debugging subshell (you may not see a prompt)...
> #
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:45 AM, Stéphane Grosjean <
> Stephane.Grosjean at telindus.fr> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> 10.0 fits in a 256MB CF ?
>> Anyway, sometimes an install-media is required, I have already ran into
>> trouble with replacement of CF on RE. Preparing the CF on a similar system
>> but different kind of RE leads sometimes to trouble (CF is seen but the
>> system can't load correctly). Install-media always solved that kind of
>> situation. Of course, you lose everything on the HD and CF, it's formatted,
>> so backup what you may need previously.
>>
>> Last point, is the 4GB CF a Juniper one ? If not, what brand ? not every
>> CF work on Juniper system.
>>
>> >Will verify this when I get back to the lab.  I believe the CF is in the
>> >boot list b/c the RE is able to boot off the old 256MB CF just fine (old
>> CF
>> >has 10.0 on it).  Issue I am having is with the new 4GB CF (which also
>> has
>> >10.0 on it thanks to request system snapshot partition).  I am able to
>> >verify the contents of the new CF by mounting the partitions - i see all
>> the
>> >10.0 stuff in /packages.
>>
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