bogus error message on PIX

[Kevin Melton]

I have a PIX 515. I am trying to do a show config on the box. It is giving me an error message saying

"flash device is in use by another task".

I do not know what this means or why it is being displayed.

Pls help...

thx

Kevin

[tvanginneken]

Hi,

if another task is using the Flash memory device, such as when two administrators accessing the console from Telnet both issue the show config command, the following message now displays:

The flash device is in use by another task.

More info on this page:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps2120/prod_release_note09186a00800899c6.html

Which version of PIX OS is currently running?

Kind Regards,

Tom

[Kevin Melton]

It is ver 6.1.3..

I am hoping that tomorrow when i am at the client site i can see the config from console...