[j-nsp] general guidelines for installing JUNOS to RE, where HDD and CF are blank

Wed Mar 23 07:39:01 EDT 2011

I finally bought SanDisk "SDCFJ-1024" CF card and it worked just fine!
I managed to install install-media-10.4R3.4-export.

Just for information, if I insert this "SDCFJ-1024" CF into my Linux
machine, following data is logged into kernel message buffer:

root at ubuntu:~# uname -srv
Linux 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009
root at ubuntu:~# tail -n0 -f /var/log/messages
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5728.868102] pcmcia_socket
pcmcia_socket0: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5728.868591] pcmcia 0.0: pcmcia:
registering new device pcmcia0.0
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5728.909335] scsi8 : pata_pcmcia
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5728.909446] ata9: PATA max PIO0 cmd
0xa100 ctl 0xa10e irq 3
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5729.065825] ata9.00: CFA: SanDisk
SDCFJ-1024, HDX 4.32, max PIO4
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5729.065832] ata9.00: 2001888
sectors, multi 0: LBA
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5729.066667] ata9.00: configured for PIO0
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5729.068277] ata9.00: configured for PIO0
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5729.068285] ata9: EH complete
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5729.069775] scsi 8:0:0:0:
Direct-Access     ATA      SanDisk SDCFJ-10 HDX  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5729.069993] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
2001888 512-byte hardware sectors: (1.02 GB/977 MiB)
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5729.070029] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Write
Protect is off
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5729.070093] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Write
cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5729.070284] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
2001888 512-byte hardware sectors: (1.02 GB/977 MiB)
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5729.070317] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Write
Protect is off
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5729.070378] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Write
cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5729.070385]  sdb: sdb1 sdb2
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5729.081398] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
Attached SCSI removable disk
Mar 23 09:51:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 5729.081511] sd 8:0:0:0: Attached
scsi generic sg2 type 0
^C
root at ubuntu:~#

..and under JUNOS I'm able to see following information once the CF is inserted:

cbb_power: 3V
cbb0: bad Vcc request. ctrl=0x400, status=0x30000b10
cbb_power: 0V
cbb0: bad Vcc request. ctrl=0x433, status=0x30000b59
cbb_power: 3V
ata2: <SanDisk SDP> at port 0x100-0x10f irq 15 function 0 config 1 on pccard0
ad3: Device does not support APM
ad3: 977MB <SanDisk SDCFJ-1024 HDX 4.32> at ata2-master PIO4

Jonas Frey,
if you will make a list of working CF cards into juniper.cluepon.net
wiki, you can certainly add SDCFJ-1024 as a working one and blacklist
the SSD-C01G-3596 :)

However, thank you all for support!

regards,
martin

2011/2/21  <HahnC at t-systems.com>:
> Hi Martin,
>
> i have SDCFJ-2048 running on RE-2.0 and RE-5.0 since two years. I never tried the "Extreme" models and stuck to "Standard" speed CF instead, because of issue reports from others. Hope this helps.
>
> good luck,
> Christian
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
>>[mailto:juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Martin T
>>Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 10:45 PM
>>To: Jonas Frey (Probe Networks)
>>Cc: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net; pekkas at netcore.fi
>>Subject: Re: [j-nsp] general guidelines for installing JUNOS
>>to RE, where HDD and CF are blank
>>
>>Pekka,
>>by "Extreme model" did you mean this one: http://mcaf.ee/7f49a ?
>>
>>Jonas,
>>did I understand correctly, that SDCFB-512-A10(http://mcaf.ee/9f345)
>>and SDCFB-1024-A10(http://mcaf.ee/b2d7a) are both tested and
>>suitable for JONOS installation from CF using "install image"
>>method? Any other CF cards, which are confirmed to work?
>>
>>regards,
>>martin
>>
>>2011/2/14 Martin T <m4rtntns at gmail.com>:
>>> Ok, so for example those two should work for sure:
>>>
>>SDCFB-512-A10(http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-CompactFlash-SDCFB-512-A10
>>> -Retail-Package/dp/B00006B9QF) and
>>>
>>SDCFB-1024-A10(http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDCFB-1024-A10-Typ
>>e-Retail-Package/dp/B00006AE3K)?
>>> Any other CF cards, which are confirmed to work? The one I
>>tried(with
>>> no luck so far), 1GB "SiliconDrive CF"(SiliconSystems, Inc.
>>Now owned
>>> by Western Digital) SSD-C01G-3596, looks like this:
>>> http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8923/jsdd.jpg
>>>
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> martin
>>>
>>> 2011/2/11 Jonas Frey (Probe Networks) <jf at probe-networks.de>:
>>>> Ohh...well there are so many models and partnumbers of
>>these i guess
>>>> its hard to test all of them. Maybe we should write down working
>>>> partnumbers on the cluepon wiki. The "blue" SanDisk ones
>>are atleast
>>>> the same as juniper used time ago. After that they switched
>>to simple
>>>> tech and probably others (atleast on T320/T640 RE-1600/RE-2000).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am Freitag, den 11.02.2011, 12:14 +0200 schrieb Pekka Savola:
>>>>> On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, Jonas Frey (Probe Networks) wrote:
>>>>> > I doubt the PCMCIA Adapter is the problem. I guess its the
>>>>> > CF....maybe its too new. I know about serveral newer CF
>>cards not working in RE2/3.
>>>>> > Try to get a regular SanDisk 1GB+ CF. (not the
>>Ultra/Extreme models).
>>>>> > This should work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for providing the soapbox ;-).  Extreme model worked for us
>>>>> on RE3.0 fine, except that its performance is too good.
>>Juniper RE
>>>>> CPU gets overloaded when writing an image on it and it drops BGP
>>>>> sessions etc. This is not a bug according to JTAC. Be aware if you
>>>>> ever need to do CF flashing on live equipment :P
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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