IE4000 SD Card sdflash boot not working

[swain9063058]

Hi,

I've have 2 SD cards for an IE4000. One which came with the switch which has the IOS bin on it as well as my config. The second card was ordered as a spare/brand new SD card and came blank/empty.

Both cards have had the exact same configuration run and saved on the SD cards. Both SD cards have the enr_var file which includes config-file sdflash:/config.text.

If I boot the switch without an SD card the switch starts with no configuration as expected.

If I boot the switch up with the SD card which has the IOS configuration on it, the switch starts with my configuration as expected.

If I start the switch with the SD card which was blank but now has my configuration stored on it, the switch starts with no configuration and I don't understand why.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Leo Laohoo]

Post the complete output to the following commands: 

sh bootvar
dir sdflash:
dir

[swain9063058]

Hi @Leo Laohoo 

Please see the output from the switch, the sh bootvar command doesn't work on the IE4K

Directory of sdflash:/

3 -rw- 181 Jan 1 2000 22:03:10 +00:00 env_vars
4 -rw- 1096 Mar 30 2011 01:30:20 +00:00 config.text
5 -rw- 46604 Mar 30 2011 01:28:14 +00:00 pnap.dat

Directory of flash:/

2 drwx 512 Mar 30 2011 01:27:59 +00:00 managed
10 drwx 512 Mar 30 2011 01:27:59 +00:00 eem
11 drwx 512 Mar 30 2011 01:28:00 +00:00 pnp-info
12 drwx 1024 Nov 3 2022 13:20:50 +00:00 ie4000-universalk9-mz.152-8.E1
1910 drwx 512 Nov 3 2022 13:20:52 +00:00 dc_profile_dir
1912 drwx 512 Mar 30 2011 01:28:58 +00:00 pnp-tech
1915 -rwx 556 Mar 30 2011 01:27:58 +00:00 vlan.dat
1916 -rwx 46604 Mar 30 2011 01:28:13 +00:00 pnap.dat
1917 -rwx 2072 Mar 30 2011 01:28:04 +00:00 multiple-fs

I've tried this basic configuration on a "blank" switch with an SD card

Switch>en

Switch#config t

Switch(config)# boot config-file sdflash:/config.text

Switch(config)# hostname Test

Test(config)# exit

Test# exit copy run sdflash:/config.text

Thanks 

[Leo Laohoo]

The option "bootvar" is not valid.  Try "sh boot". 

[swain9063058]

When the SD card is inserted, I can run boot config-file sdflash:/config.text and show boot reports that Config File: is set to start from SDFlash, however when I reboot the switch starts up blank.

This is the configuration we're running:

en

config t

hostname Test

boot config-file sdflash:/config.text

exit

copy run sdflash:/config.text

If I power off the switch, remove the SD card and plug the SD card into my PC I can see that env_vars and config.text get created on, env_var states CONFIG_FILE=sdflash:/config.text and config.text has hostname Test.