Problem programming mvme162 flash memory

['Dale L. Brewe' <brewe@pnc.aps.anl.gov>]

I have a problem trying to program the flash rom on a new MVME162-532A for 
vxWorks 5.2p1, per the procedure on the XFD web page: 
http://www.aps.anl.gov/xfd/bcda/Documents/Hardware/a162_stuff.html . The 
situation is the following:
I set the console speed to 4800 baud, type '~$' and issue the local command 
'cat <path>/bootrom.hex', after which I get a msg 'away for 6min 49sec', 
which seems kind of fast. Then, the first really odd thing is that it takes 
several minutes to return to the 162-bug> prompt after I hit <return>, but 
I get no error message. When I type in the command to program the flash 
memory, I get the following messages, after being notifed that blocks 00 to 
03 are being erased and written:
FLASH memory Programming complete
FLASH Memory Programming error: Erase-phase Write-phase Verify-phase

Then, blindly going ahead assuming things are ok, replacing the jumper that 
tells the computer to use the flash memory, and starting back up, I still 
get the 162-bug> prompt.
I'd appreciate any hints.
Dale Brewe
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  Dale L. Brewe     PNC-CAT/U. of Washington
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