IE3000 sw cannot load boot image

[McRaeSupport]

Hi,

I'm having difficult getting this switch to boot from flash. I do not understand why it is trying to load "b1" from "bs1" instead of something from flash.

Thoughts please?

Thanks,

Drew

----OUTPUT----

System resetting...

Using driver version 1 for media type 1

Base ethernet MAC Address: 6c:50:4d:5d:7c:80

Xmodem file system is available.

The password-recovery mechanism is enabled.

Initializing Flash...

mifs[2]: 1 files, 1 directories

mifs[2]: Total bytes     :     258048

mifs[2]: Bytes used      :     122368

mifs[2]: Bytes available :     135680

mifs[2]: mifs fsck took 0 seconds.

mifs[3]: 0 files, 1 directories

mifs[3]: Total bytes     :    1806336

mifs[3]: Bytes used      :       1024

mifs[3]: Bytes available :    1805312

mifs[3]: mifs fsck took 0 seconds.

mifs[4]: 1 files, 1 directories

mifs[4]: Total bytes     :   11096064

mifs[4]: Bytes used      :     380416

mifs[4]: Bytes available :   10715648

mifs[4]: mifs fsck took 1 seconds.

mifs[5]: 1 files, 1 directories

mifs[5]: Total bytes     :   18192384

mifs[5]: Bytes used      :       2048

mifs[5]: Bytes available :   18190336

mifs[5]: mifs fsck took 0 seconds.

...done Initializing Flash.

done.

Loading "bs1:/b1"...bs1:/b1: no such file or directory

Error loading "bs1:/b1"

Interrupt within 5 seconds to abort boot process.

Boot process failed...

The system is unable to boot automatically.  The BOOT

environment variable needs to be set to a bootable

image.

primary boot loader

switch: dir flash

unable to stat flash/: no such device

primary boot loader

switch: dir

List of filesystems currently registered:

                  bs[0]: (read-only)

                 bs1[2]: (read-only)

              xmodem[6]: (read-only)

                null[7]: (read-write)

primary boot loader

switch:

[Richard Burts]

Drew

I am not particularly familiar with this model of switch. But taking things in the output there seems to be something quite strange going on with this switch and its flash. In the initialization process it seems to think that its flash was normal (especially with this message ...done Initializing Flash.). And then it says that it is not able to access flash. So my guess is that there is some issue with flash. Perhaps you can check the switch and perhaps reseat the flash?

Otherwise if the switch is covered under a maintenance contract I would suggest opening a case with TAC.

HTH

Rick

[McRaeSupport]

Thanks for the quick response Richard.

I did reseat the original CF card, and tried another card I had laying around. Albeit 4Gb instead of 64Mb.

The switch was purchased without a smartNET agreement. I was thinking of getting one if the IOS image is in fact corrupt and I needed to download it. I'm worried about dropping ~$200 on support (after the failure) if the conclusion is the switch is dead.

It is the weirest thing though... some commands you just expect to work (at least on a Catalyst) just are not working...

primary boot loader

switch: load_helper

Unknown cmd: load_helper

primary boot loader

switch:

[HughPickard]

I had the same problem on an IE3000 equivalent. The message about the BOOT environment variable gives a clue, albeit a cryptic one.

giving the command

dir bs1:

should show the name of the initial file that needs to be booted. The command

set

should show your current environment variables (I had none). Examination of a good switch showed that I needed to give the command

set BOOT_B0 bs1:

resatrting the switch should then have it booting normally (or at least get you to the stage where you can see the flash: file system).

Hugh

[GabrielCembranel83836]

O que voce fez pra resolver este problema, estou com o mesmo? Sera que teria como me auxiliar te agradeco.