ATA vs FLASH in 7500 RSP4+

s.uslay · ‎03-11-2005

trying to reboot from ATA but fails with disk reading error.I have the following boot statements;

boot system flash disk0:rsp-jsv-mz.123-12a.bin

boot system flash slot1:rsp-jsv-mz[1].122-26.bin

sh version gives

Chassis Interface.

1 CIP2 controller (2 IBM Channels).

1 GEIP controller (1 GigabitEthernet).

2 VIP4-50 RM5271 controllers (1 FastEthernet)(4 Serial)(1 ATM).

1 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

1 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

4 Serial network interface(s)

1 ATM network interface(s)

2 IBM channel interface(s)

123K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.

64064K bytes of ATA PCMCIA card at slot 0 (Sector size 512 bytes).

32768K bytes of Flash PCMCIA card at slot 1 (Sector size 128K).

16384K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 256K).

but dir shows this as "

RTXX#dir disk0:

Directory of disk0:/

1 -rw- 22525896 Feb 28 2005 10:48:22 +11:00 rsp-jsv-mz.123-12a.bin

2 -rw- 2592 Feb 28 2005 10:53:00 +11:00 citrix_ica.pdlm

65339392 bytes total (42795008 bytes free)

In fact slot0: is unknown to system..

RTXX#dir slot0:

%Error opening slot0:/ (No device available)

which one is true ? disk0 or slot0: why two conflicting descriptions ?

thanks,

Serhat

marikakis · ‎03-11-2005

slot0: or slot1: refers to Flash memory cards.

disk0: or disk1: refers to Flash memory ATA disks.

So, in your case it's disk0:

(since you have an ATA PCMCIA card at slot 0).

Have you formatted the ATA disk on this router

before trying to use it for booting ?

M.

s.uslay · ‎03-13-2005

I know that it has to be disk0: but sh version about knows that slot0:. May be slot0: is a generic term rather than defining the disk in it..

Yes, I have formatted the ATA card in the same router before tried to load it. I will repeat the process and try again...

marikakis · ‎03-13-2005

Yes, slot is more of the place on the router where you insert the part (card/disk).

The filesystem sees the inserted part differently (slot/disk).

I remember reading somewhere that some ATA types

can be put only in the second slot of an RSP4+.

I don't know much of how ATA types are differentiated.

Since you say that you formatted it in the past and didn't work,

you can try this time to put the ATA in the second slot.

Only remember to change the boot commands accordingly.

M.