[j-nsp] M7i stuck in PXE boot loop

[Tom Storey]

Fixed.

Maybe the battery is dieing on the RE and some settings reset, but it
seems the boot list in the BIOS was set to LAN only.

Set it back to PMC,CF,HD,LAN and its back up and running.

Thanks for listening!

Tom

On 17 June 2015 at 16:25, Tom Storey <tom at snnap.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone. I powered off an M7i yesterday to relocate it to a new
> rack, and after powering back on it seems to have forgotten it has a
> CF and HDD or even a PCMCIA slot, and is only attempting to boot from
> ethernet.
>
> e.g.
>
> Will try to boot from :
> Ethernet
> Boot Sequence is reseted due to a PowerUp
>
> Trying to Boot from Ethernet
>
> Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 078)
> Copyright (C) 1997,1998,1999  Intel Corporation
> PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
> PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM.
>
> Trying to Boot from Ethernet
>
> Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 078)
> Copyright (C) 1997,1998,1999  Intel Corporation
> PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
> PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM.
>
> Trying to Boot from Ethernet
>
> ....
>
> and so on.
>
> Tried a reseat of the RE, reseated the CF, reset, power on/off the
> whole chassis. Nothing seems to be working.
>
> Has anyone come across this before and knows how to fix it, other than
> replacing the RE?
>
> I had a similar issue with it once before, but at that stage it
> actually booted to a version-ish of JunOS where I was able to
> re-configure the bootlist to include the HDD and CF, this time its not
> even getting that far. :-(
>
> Cheers
> Tom