RE: 6500 boot error

From: Diehm, Brian (Brian.Diehm@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Feb 22 2002 - 12:21:03 GMT-3


   
Sorry used the wrong terminology. I meant to say the actual IOS image.
The way I understand it is the router goes to the boot image first and
then goes to the IOS image. Please correct me if my thinking is wrong
on how the router boots up.

Thanks,

Brian Diehm, CCIE#8332

-----Original Message-----
From: MADMAN [mailto:dmadlan@qwest.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 6:00 PM
To: Diehm, Brian
Cc: Church, Chuck; Ccielab (E-mail)
Subject: Re: 6500 boot error

  maybe a dumb question but what do you mean "keeping the flash on the
bootflash"

  Dave

"Diehm, Brian" wrote:
>
> We are keeping the flash on the bootflash as well.
>
> Brian Diehm, CCIE#8332
> Global Data Communications Engineering
> 281-518-8205
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MADMAN [mailto:dmadlan@qwest.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 2:39 PM
> To: Diehm, Brian
> Cc: Church, Chuck; Ccielab (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: 6500 boot error
>
> Quick question, why are you using the bootldr command anyway? The
> only time I have ever used it is when the boot image is somewhere
execpt
> in bootflash, i.e. slot0: or you have multiple bootimages:(
>
> Dave
>
> "Diehm, Brian" wrote:
> >
> > Turns out I left out a command.
> >
> > boot bootldr bootflash:c6msfc2-boot-mz.121-7.E.bin
> >
> > Thanks for the help,
> >
> > Brian Diehm, CCIE#8332
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MADMAN [mailto:dmadlan@qwest.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 2:06 PM
> > To: Church, Chuck
> > Cc: Diehm, Brian; 'Ccielab (E-mail)'
> > Subject: Re: 6500 boot error
> >
> > Are you booting off of the MSFC bootflash or the sup-slot?? Have
> you
> > tried moving the image off of the one and moving it to the other??
> You
> > can also do a "switch console" and force the MSFC into ROMMON then
> type
> > boot sup-slot0:filename or whereever it resides.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > "Church, Chuck" wrote:
> > >
> > > Yeah, I would guess a bad image or bad flash. I'm assuming you've
> got
> > > smartnet on your 6500 with MSFC2 and half a gig of ram, so TAC
> should
> > be
> > > able to help also.
> > >
> > > Chuck Church
> > > Sr. Network Engineer
> > > CCIE #8776, MCNE, MCSE
> > > US Tennis Association
> > > 70 W. Red Oak Lane
> > > White Plains, NY 10604
> > > 914-696-7199
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On
Behalf
> Of
> > > Diehm, Brian
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:07 AM
> > > To: Ccielab (E-mail)
> > > Subject: 6500 boot error
> > >
> > > I keep getting this boot error when I boot the MSFC card on my
sup.
> It
> > gives
> > > me this error and then comes up in boot mode. Any idea what it
is?
> I
> > am
> > > thinking maybe I have a bad image.
> > >
> > > Self decompressing the image :
> > >
> >
>
########################################################################
> > ####
> > > ####
> > > ##################################################### [OK]
> > >
> > > Currently running ROMMON from S (Gold) region
> > > %SYS-6-READ_BOOTFILE_FAIL: bootflash: File read failed --
Permission
> > denied.
> > >
> > > %SYS-6-BOOT_MESSAGES: Messages above this line are from the boot
> > loader.
> > >
> > > %Error reading (Permission denied)
> > > %Error reading (Permission denied)boot of "cisco2-Cat6k-MSFC2"
> using
> > boot
> > > helper "bootflash:c6msfc2-boot-mz.12
> > > 1-7.E.bin" failed
> > > error returned: File read failed -- Permission denied
> > > loadprog: error - on file open
> > > boot: cannot load "cisco2-Cat6k-MSFC2"
> > >
> > > System Bootstrap, Version 12.1(3r)E2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
> > > Copyright (c) 2000 by cisco Systems, Inc.
> > > Cat6k-MSFC2 platform with 524288 Kbytes of main memory
> > >
> > > Self decompressing the image :
> > >
> >
>
########################################################################
> > ####
> > > ####
> > > ##################################################### [OK]
> > >
> > > Brian Diehm, CCIE#8332
> > > Global Data Communications Engineering
> > > 281-518-8205



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