Formatting PCMCIA cards, "Unknown device mfg id"

[Randall White]

Hi All,

I'm trying to format a PCMCIA flash card in my Cat6500 SupII, but I get the following message:

Unknown device mfg id (ffffffff.ffffffff.ffffffff)error = -1

I guess it doesn't like this brand of Flash card (SimpleTech, 128Mb). What brands of Flash card does Cisco support?

Thanks, Randy

[Prashanth Krishnappa]

Not sure if SimpleTech is supported. Try using "format disk0:" and see if it works

[MARK MALLALUE]

Randy,

If you are not running CatOS 7.5 (ish) or greater then you will have problems with some non-Cisco flash cards (speaking from collegues painful experience!). This is due to lack of support for ATA style PCMCIA flash.

Regards,

Mark.

[Randall White]

Thanks,

Format Disk0: didn't work, I got a "Format device disk0 failed (unknown device)" message. I am running Cat OS 6.3(3), so I'll look into an upgrade.

Randy