Вот что пишет на консоль:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Self decompressing the image : #################################################
############################ [OK]

%MCX-3-TDMFAIL: MCX-TDM, access failed at ../pas/if_chopin_tdm.c - line 151, arg
1=1,arg2=1
-Traceback= 6048F944 6048D2A4 606A9394 606A94E4 60613524 60525F68 60526198 605E9
E34 605E9E18
%MCX-3-INITFAIL: MCX (bay 1), Init Failed at ../pas/if_pas_chopin.c - line 5256
arg 0
-Process= "Init", ipl= 3, pid= 3
-Traceback= 6048D2C8 606A9394 606A94E4 60613524 60525F68 60526198 605E9E34 605E9
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потом прогружается дальше, но естественно уже без E1 контроллера.

sh ver:
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) 7200 Software (C7200-IS-M), Version 12.3(6b), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 19-May-04 17:57 by dchih
Image text-base: 0x60008AF4, data-base: 0x61C5A000

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(4r)B2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
BOOTLDR: 7200 Software (C7200-KBOOT-M), Version 12.3(6), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc3)

... uptime is 3 minutes
System returned to ROM by reload at 03:40:54 UTC Fri Sep 23 2005
System restarted at 03:42:05 UTC Fri Sep 23 2005
System image file is "disk0:c7200-is-mz.123-6b.bin"
Last reload reason: Reload command

cisco 7206VXR (NPE400) processor (revision B) with 114688K/16384K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID 32871114
R7000 CPU at 350MHz, Implementation 39, Rev 3.3, 256KB L2 Cache
6 slot VXR midplane, Version 2.9

Last reset from power-on
Bridging software.
X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.

PCI bus mb0_mb1 has 400 bandwidth points
PCI bus mb2 has 0 bandwidth points

2 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
125K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.

62976K bytes of ATA PCMCIA card at slot 0 (Sector size 512 bytes).
8192K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 256K).
Configuration register is 0x2102
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Рядом стоит точно такой же, "боевой", с тем же IOS, и все работает...

• 7206VXR не видит PA-MCX-8TE1,frozer, 09:07 , 23-Сен-05

Отвечаю сам себе:
с перепугу забыл написать

card type e1 1

;-)
все заработало естественно... sh diag рулит...