I believe the IOS is to blame. I saw a similar thing with 12.2(44)SE2 on 3550, I believe. The verify never worked, but MD5 verify did. I don't remember the reload and signature issue though. I'm willing to bet it'll work ok from here on out.
Chuck -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alexandre Snarskii Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:21 AM To: Cisco-NSP Mailing List Subject: [c-nsp] c2960g: flash gone mad ? Hi! While trying to upgrade IOS on one of ours c2960g, I got strange message: SW088-022#verify flash:c2960-lanbase-mz.122-46.SE.bin File system hash verification failed for file flash:c2960-lanbase-mz.122-46.SE.bin(No such file or directory). however, MD5 verification of the same file succeeded: SW088-022#verify /md5 flash:c2960-lanbase-mz.122-46.SE.bin [....] ...................Done! verify /md5 (flash:c2960-lanbase-mz.122-46.SE.bin) = 27ad87f2c90595f3e682633c7985099a Well, I tried to format flash:, and re-upload IOS image - results were the same. And then switch refused to reload 'by command': SW088-022#reload %ERROR: Not able to process Signature in flash:. %ERROR: Aborting reload. so, I had to visit equipment room and reboot it by power cycle (booted normally, looks like that there are no signature check on boot). What is it ? Faulty flash ? Does not looks like - md5 check is just fine... And what to do with that switch ? Is it safe to leave it in network (on office one, without remote reboot ability it not qualified to remote installations) or better to RMA it ? _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/