we just upgrading pix 515E 64/16 mb from Version 6.3(4) to 7.0(1).
during first booting messages appear:
Initializing flashfs...
flashfs[7]: Checking block 0...block number was (2423)
---omitted----
flashfs[7]: Checking block 120...block number was (0)
flashfs[7]: erasing block 120...
intel_sfmm_erase_sector: erase block error
flashfs[7]: erasing block, flash handle 0x176dc10, device 0, offset 0xf40000: Operation Failed
flashfs[7]: unable to check filesystem.
flashfs[7]: Initialization complete.
Saving the datafile
Error saving datafile
Saving the configuration
Error saving configuration
Failed to save the activation key
Failed to save the firewall mode to flash
Saving image file as image.bin
Error saving image.bin
Unable to configure image.bin as boot image
Upgrade process complete
Need to burn loader....
Erasing sector 0...
intel_sfmm_erase_sector: erase block error[Failed]
ERROR: Unable to read firewall mode from flash
Writing default firewall mode (single) to flash
ERROR: Unable to write firewall mode to flashRunning Activation Key: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
This activation key is not valid, use default settings only
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Cisco PIX Security Appliance Software Version 7.0(1)
Compiled on Thu 31-Mar-05 14:37 by builders
System image file is "Unknown, monitor mode tftp booted image"
Config file at boot was "startup-config"
pixfirewall up 39 secs
Hardware: PIX-515E, 64 MB RAM, CPU Pentium II 433 MHz
Flash E28F128J3 @ 0xfff00000, 16MB
BIOS Flash AM29F400B @ 0xfffd8000, 32KB
0: Ext: Ethernet0 : media index 0: irq 10
1: Ext: Ethernet1 : media index 1: irq 11
2: Ext: Ethernet2 : media index 2: irq 5
The Running Activation Key is not valid, using default settings:
Licensed features for this platform:
Maximum Physical Interfaces : 3
Maximum VLANs : 10
Inside Hosts : Unlimited
Failover : Disabled
VPN-DES : Disabled
VPN-3DES-AES : Disabled
Cut-through Proxy : Enabled
Guards : Enabled
URL Filtering : Enabled
Security Contexts : 0
GTP/GPRS : Disabled
VPN Peers : Unlimited
This platform has a Restricted (R) license.
Running Activation Key: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
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So, we cant do anything:
format flash:
WARNING: Saving activation key file failed. Proceed with operation? [confirm]
Format operation may take a while. Continue? [confirm]
Format operation will destroy all data in "flash:". Continue? [confirm]
intel_sfmm_erase_sector: erase block error
flashfs[7]: erasing block, flash handle 0x176dc10, device 0, offset 0xf40000: Operation Failed
flashfs[7]: filesystem marked down. Use "fsck" to recover.
%Error formatting flash (I/O error)
WARNING: Restoring security context mode failed.
fsck flash:
Fsck operation may take a while. Continue? [confirm]
flashfs[7]: Checking block 120...block number was (0)
flashfs[7]: erasing block 120...
intel_sfmm_erase_sector: erase block error
flashfs[7]: erasing block, flash handle 0x176dc10, device 0, offset 0xf40000: Operation Failed
%Error fscking flash:: (I/O error)
WARNING: Restoring security context mode failed.
activation-key ... ... ... ...
Failed to update the flash activation key
ERROR: Failed to update flash activation key
What 'll we do?
