7705 CSM Card Failure - Inflate of 'boot.ldr' failed

[rbmoore]

Has anyone encountered this problem or know of a solution?

I have a multitude of CSM cards that will cause the 7705 to be in an endless reboot loop due to an "Inflate of 'boot.ldr' failed, skipping..." error.

I have narrowed the issue down to the CSM card itself, as the issue is not dependant upon a particular 7705, nor is is dependant upon the CF3 card.
In other words:
- I can take a working CF3 out of a a good CSM card in a functional 7705,
- Place the CF3 into a suspect CSM card
- Place the suspect CSM card back into the functional 7705
- Reboot loop occurs due to "Inflate of 'boot.ldr' failed, skipping..." error.

Console spool follows (eror shown at bottom), Thanks in advance!


Alcatel-Lucent 7705 Boot ROM. Copyright 2007-2009 Alcatel-Lucent.
All rights reserved. All use is subject to applicable license agreements.
Build: X-2.0.R1 on Thu Mar 26 16:54:48 EDT 2009 by csabuild
Version: 0x21
Performing Data Bus Test... Passed.
Performing Local RAM Test (1st 2MB)... Passed.
COLD boot on processor #1
CPLD revision is 0x0F
?Preparing for jump to RAM...
Starting bootrom RAM code...
Bootrom version is v33 (0x21)
CPU BIST check passed.
Testing SDRAM from 0x02200000 to 0x42000000
ÀPreparing for jump to RAM...
Starting bootrom RAM code...
Bootrom version is v33 (0x21)
CPU BIST check passed.
Testing SDRAM from 0x02200000 to 0x42000000
Testing Compact Flash ... OK (SMART CF)
CPLD revision is v15 (0x0f)
Board Serial Number is 'NS082640918'
Chassis Serial Number is 'LL100213291'
Searching for boot.ldr on local drives:
Searching cf3 for boot.ldr...
*************************************************************
Inflate of 'boot.ldr' failed, skipping...
Searching cf3 for boot.ldr...
*************************************************************
Inflate of 'boot.ldr' failed, skipping...
Searching cf3 for boot.ldr...
*************************************************************
Inflate of 'boot.ldr' failed, skipping...
Error - file boot.ldr not found on any drive
Please insert CF containing boot.ldr. Rebooting in 5 seconds.

Rebooting...


*** Please keep in mind that the CF3 Card IS DEFINITELY -- I repeat IS DEFINITELY -- inserted, and is it known to be a functional CF3 card, as it will work without issue in a known, good, CSM Card. (IE, the boot.ldr file is there, and everything boots properly when using a good CSM Card).

[wellege]

I also got same type of issue when I insert cisco SFP to 7705.
Here is my output:
Quote;
Rebooting...
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Alcatel-Lucent 7705 Boot ROM. Copyright 2000-2015 Alcatel-Lucent.
All rights reserved. All use is subject to applicable license agreements.
Build: X-7.0.R3 on Tue Oct 13 13:09:09 EDT 2015 by builder
Version: 0x2E
Starting CPU/Switch card
Performing Data Bus Test... Passed.
Performing Local RAM Test (1st 2MB)... Passed.
COLD boot on processor #1
?Preparing for jump to RAM...
Starting bootrom RAM code...
Bootrom version is v46 (0x2e)
CPU BIST check passed.
Testing SDRAM from 0x0000000002200000 to 0x0000000042000000
Testing Compact Flash ... OK (SFCF1024H1BK2TO-I-MS-553-ALU)
Board Serial Number is 'NS1625F0467'
Chassis Serial Number is 'NS1625F0467'
Searching for boot.ldr on local drives:
Searching cf3 for boot.ldr...
*
Inflate of 'boot.ldr' failed, skipping...
Searching cf3 for boot.ldr...
*
Inflate of 'boot.ldr' failed, skipping...
Searching cf3 for boot.ldr...
*
Inflate of 'boot.ldr' failed, skipping...
Error - file boot.ldr not found on any drive
Please insert CF containing boot.ldr. Rebooting in 5 seconds.

Rebooting...
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Unquote:
above message is currently repeating.

[mivens]

Don't know about 7705s but there was a Technical Alert for the 7750 where 2Gb cards could not be read by the boot ROM if they were formatted from the CLI.

"A CPM or CFM card running the boot ROM versions X-5.0.R22 or earlier, X-6.0.R11 or earlier or X-7.0.R1 might not have been able to load the "boot.ldr" file from CLI formatted compact flash cards 2GB in size or larger. A workaround and more details were published in Technical Alert (TA) 3943. This issue has been resolved. [85434]"

You seem to have a 1Gb flash card though and you are running a later boot ROM (X-7.0.R3).