WS-X45-SUP8-E wont boot from USB or TFTP

[Pyramid]

I have a WS-X45-SUP8-E installed into a WS-C4510R+E chassis and I keep trying to boot from a usb to then copy the image over but it keeps running into a error thus "reloading" the sup and throwing me back into rommon again. I have also tried to TFTP the ios on it and conveniently it stops around 90% every single time. Any ideas? Thanks 

rommon 7 >boot usb0:cat4500es8-universalk9.SPA.03.07.02.E.152-3.E2.bin
Loading image !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Checking digital signature....
[mem:/cat4500es8-firmware]
Digitally Signed Release Software with key version A

flash0:/codesign/ios.dat open failure

Rommon reg: 0x00084F80
Reset2Reg: 0x0C200000
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Conan controller 0x37AF15F4..0x37D4E219 Size: 0x00C962A0 @
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Radtrooper controller 0x37955A58..0x37AF15F2 Size: 0x00661EDC @
Link: 0x00000080-0x16000000
Program Done!

Checking digital signature....
[mem:/cat4500es8-base]
Digitally Signed Release Software with key version A

flash0:/codesign/ios.dat open failure

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pci 0000:00:00.0: ignoring class b20 (doesn't match header type 01)
pci 0001:02:00.0: ignoring class b20 (doesn't match header type 01)
pci 0002:04:00.0: ignoring class b20 (doesn't match header type 01)
audit: cannot initialize inotify handle
All packages are Digitally Signed
Starting System Services
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=4,mode=600,ptmxmode=000 0 0
find: `/flash1/USER': No such file or directory
Error!! POST pre-start: /flash0 is not mounted.
Loading gsbu64atomic as gdb64atomic
Using 6 for MTS slot
Platform Manager: starting in standalone mode (active)
Jun 8 15:55:24 %IOSXE-3-PLATFORM: process sysmgr
<Tue Jun 8 15:55:24 2021> Message from sysmgr: Reason Code:[2] Reset Reason:Service [licensed] pid:[4773] terminated abnormally [256].
Details:
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Service: License Daemon
Description: License Daemon
Executable: /usr/binos/bin/licensed

Started at Tue Jun 8 15:55:11 2021 (663492 us)
Stopped at Tue Jun 8 15:55:24 2021 (600549 us)
Uptime: 13 seconds

Start type: SRV_OPTION_RESTART_STATELESS (23)
Death reason: SYSMGR_DEATH_REASON_FAILURE_EXIT (1)
Last heartbeat 0.00 secs ago
Exit code: SYSMGR_EXITCODE_SYSERR (1)

PID: 4773
UUID: 511
umount: /proc/fs/nfsd: not mounted
/etc/rc6.d/S01reboot: line 198: umount_cisco_filesystems: command not found
Please stand by while rebooting the system...
Restarting system.

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* *
* ROMMON configuration is being initialized to default *
* values. This may be because it was never initialized. *
* *
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Verifying FPGA (P) Signature ....................... PASSED
flash0:/codesign/fpga.dat open failure

Verifying ROMMON (P) Signature ......... PASSED
flash0:/codesign/rm1.dat open failure

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* *
* Rom Monitor *
* Copyright (c) 2012-2014 by Cisco Systems, Inc. *
* All rights reserved. *
* *
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Rom Monitor (P) Version 15.1(1r)SG5
Compiled Thu 06-Nov-14 22:58 [RLS]

System : WS-X45-SUP8-E Slot [6] Peer [5]
Chassis : WS-C4510R*E Mod [2][4][7][8][9]
Revision : CPU 2.1 BOARD 4.0 FPGA 3.2978.834F
Memory : 4096 MB
Date : Tue Jun 08 15:55:58 2021

***** The system will autoboot in 5 seconds *****

Type Control-C to prevent autobooting....
. . . . .

config-register = 0x102
Autobooting using BOOT variable specified file.....

Could not find a valid file in BOOT environment variable.
BOOT variable can be set from IOS. To find currently set
Rom Monitor variables, please type 'set' command.

For help on choosing a boot method, type 'confreg' command.
rommon 0 >

[Mohsin Alam]

Can you try this:

Rommon> reset 

Rommon> boot usb:filename

and post output

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[Pyramid]

Here is the output

[Leo Laohoo]

Post the complete output to the following commands: 

1. dir bootflash:
2. set

[Pyramid]

Here is the output;

rommon 2 >dir bootflash:
ExtX super block invalid signature
rommon 3 >set
PS1=rommon ! >
RommonVer=15.1(1r)SG5
ConfigReg=0x0102

I have also changed the confreg so it "ignores system config info" and reset then tried to boot, same outcome. Any help is appreciated! Thanks 

[Leo Laohoo]

Try this: 

confreg 0x2101

And then reboot the line card. 

What is in slot 6?  If this another supervisor card, what is the exact IOS version it is running on?

[Mohsin Alam]

Your flash is dead, RMA the device. 

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[ktclingerman]

I've got a 4507R+E chassis with this same exact problem(same errors, output, everything) with 2 WS-X45-SUP8-E doing this. Woudl the flash have died on both SUPs in the same way? Is there any way to use the SUP in this state(using a SD card)?

[Leo Laohoo]

Console into the supervisor and reboot.  Post the entire boot-up process so we can see what is going on with it.

[ktclingerman]

Thanks for the reply, I have attached an attempt to boot normally, including trying to change some rommon variables with confreg, but rommon always boots with it's default configuration. 

There is also a log booting from an admittedly old ios image from a SD card. I've tried several versions of ios both from tftp and sd card with the same results though. 

[Leo Laohoo]

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@ktclingerman wrote:

cat4500es8-universal.SPA.03.03.01.XO.151-1.XO1.bin​

There is no defined storage or not enough space available to save the crash file.

Free storage space needed is 2215114 bytes
Context registers for process 'snmp_subagent'

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There are many things wrong with this setup: 

1. The config-registry should be 0x2101 or 0x2102.
2. The firmware is 3.3.1 as was released back in 2014.  That's 8 years old.  
3. Finally, the line card has been crashing so much the crash crashinfo: partition is full.

[ktclingerman]

The current rommon version is from 2014 which is why I was trying such an old firmware version. I get the same crash with any firmware version(have tried the latest). 

How can I clear or view the crashinfo partition?

I am not able to get the config register to change between resets. Every time the sup boots rommon goes into default configuration.

[ktclingerman]

Added some boot logs from the other ios version I have downloaded already. 

Is there no way to recover the flash on these devices from rommon? no xmodem capability?

[Leo Laohoo]

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In ROMMON, the command to change the config-registry is:  confreg 0x2102

Next, it is not possible to boot, from 3.3.1, to 3.11.X without doing any ROMMON upgrade.  

[ktclingerman]

Is there anything I can reference that will tell me which ios I can boot with my current rommon version? From what I understand I need to be in the ios environment to upgrade rommon on these.

Thank you for your time so far, I appreciate it.