Problem putting PIX OS 6.0.1&16Meg ISA Flash Card on a PIX-520

["Ross Corona" <goniners () home com>]

Hello,

I'm hoping someone can give me a hand.  I've got a PIX-520 that I'm
upgrading from PIX OS revision 5.1.2 to 6.0.1.  In addition to upgrading
the software revision of the OS, I'm also replacing the 2 Meg flash card
with a 16 Meg card (PIX-FLASH-16MB=).  So I've backed up my config's to
TFTP, and I've created the boot helper 3.5" diskette.  I then remove the
2 Meg ISA flash card and insert the 16 meg ISA card (I haven't touched
any of the jumpers on the card, they're still at their default
settings).  Next I insert the boothelper diskette and turn on the PIX.
This is what shows up on the console:

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Copyright (c) 1996-2000 by Cisco Systems, Inc.

                Restricted Rights Legend

Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is
subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph
(c) of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted
Rights clause at FAR sec. 52.227-19 and subparagraph
(c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer
Software clause at DFARS sec. 252.227-7013.

                Cisco Systems, Inc.
                170 West Tasman Drive
                San Jose, California 95134-1706

Type help or '?' for a list of available commands.
pixfirewall>

Finesse floppy bootstrap (V2.0)

Cisco Secure PIX Firewall floppy loader (3.0) #0: Thu May 17 19:55:22
PDT 2001
Reading installation media..............
128MB RAM
mcwa i82558 Ethernet at irq 11  MAC: 0050.8b6a.0ad7
mcwa i82558 Ethernet at irq 15  MAC: 0050.8b60.ae07
mcwa i82558 Ethernet at irq 10  MAC: 0090.2757.0425
mcwa i82558 Ethernet at irq  9  MAC: 0090.2757.04df
Flash=i28F640J5 @ 0x300
BIOS Flash=I28F256A @ 0xfffd8000

Obsolete FLASH card.  Upgrade required.  See release notes for this
version.


 
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                        Cisco Secure PIX Boothelper

Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Version 6.0(1)
open(ffsdev/2/read) failed

An internal error occurred.  Specifically, a programming assertion was
violated.  Copy the error message exactly as it appears, and get the
output of the show version command and the contents of the configuration
file.  Then call your technical support representative.

assertion "fdf_init()" failed: file "bh_main.c", line 146
No thread name

Traceback:
0: 80025731
1: 80007093
2: 80006b87
3: 80000810
4: 80000223
vector 0x00000003
   edi 0x80007057
   esi 0x00000092
   ebp 0x7ffffe78
   esp 0x7ffffe6c
   ebx 0x80006c1e
   edx 0x000003fd
   ecx 0x00000000
   eax 0x0000003a
error code 0x80026a84
   eip 0x00000008
    cs 0x00000006
eflags 0x7ffffea4
CR2   0x00000000
0x7ffffeec: 0x87ed3000
0x7ffffee8: 0x0000e5e0
0x7ffffee4: 0x00007def
0x7ffffee0: 0x0002d000
0x7ffffedc: 0x80000810
0x7ffffed8: 0x7ffffef8
0x7ffffed4: 0x00000002
0x7ffffed0: 0x00001000
0x7ffffecc: 0x00000000
0x7ffffec8: 0x8001bc74
0x7ffffec4: 0x8002d790
0x7ffffec0: 0x00000004
0x7ffffebc: 0x80006b87
0x7ffffeb8: 0x7ffffed8
0x7ffffeb4: 0x80007057
0x7ffffeb0: 0x00000092
0x7ffffeac: 0x80006c1e
0x7ffffea8: 0x80007093
0x7ffffea4: 0x7ffffeb8
0x7ffffea0: 0x07fd3000
0x7ffffe9c: 0x07ff7000
0x7ffffe98: 0x8002d750
0x7ffffe94: 0x800255c0
0x7ffffe90: 0x8002564e
0x7ffffe8c: 0x00000092
0x7ffffe88: 0x80006c1e
0x7ffffe84: 0x80007057
0x7ffffe80: 0x800256d1
0x7ffffe7c: 0x80025731
0x7ffffe78: 0x7ffffea4
0x7ffffe74: 0x00000006
0x7ffffe70: 0x00000008
0x7ffffe6c: 0x80026a84 *
0x7ffffe68: 0x0000003a
0x7ffffe64: 0x00000000
0x7ffffe60: 0x000003fd
0x7ffffe5c: 0x80006c1e
0x7ffffe58: 0x7ffffe6c
0x7ffffe54: 0x7ffffe78
0x7ffffe50: 0x00000092
0x7ffffe4c: 0x80007057
0x7ffffe48: 0x00000003
0x7ffffe44: 0x80003689
0x7ffffe40: 0x7ffffe78
0x7ffffe3c: 0x00000092
0x7ffffe38: 0x80006c1e
0x7ffffe34: 0x00000020
0x7ffffe30: 0x80002296
0x7ffffe2c: 0x7ffffe40
0x7ffffe28: 0x7ffffe28
0x7ffffe24: 0x7ffffe24
0x7ffffe20: 0x80001cad
0x7ffffe1c: 0x7ffffe2c
0x7ffffe18: 0x8019000a
0x7ffffe14: 0x65687420
0x7ffffe10: 0x74656720
0x7ffffe0c: 0x646e6120
0x7ffffe08: 0x2c000a0a
0x7ffffe04: 0x2e657669
0x7ffffe00: 0x7461746e
0x7ffffdfc: 0x65736572
0x7ffffdf8: 0x70657220
0x7ffffdf4: 0x74726f70
0x7ffffdf0: 0x70757320



Rebooting....

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The machine just continuously boots, then reboots, scrolling this
message every time.  I then inserted the old 2 Meg ISA flash card with
5.1.2 OS on it and it works just fine.  The box that this flash card
came in says, "Prod.# PIX-FLASH-16MB=", and the PIX-520 bears the mark
revision "B0" on the back of it.  This 520 also has 128 Megs of RAM in
it.  I'm not sure if I have a bad flash card, or possibly there's
something I'm doing wrong.  Unfortunately this card appears to have sat
in the stockroom at the place of purchase for at least 90 days, being
that Cisco will not speak with me, even though I just received the card.


I appreciate all your help.  

Thanks a lot,

Ross Corona

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