[asterisk-users] Polycom 500 format file system on every reboot

[Noah Miller]

Hi Warren -

> I have one client that is telling me that their Polycom 500's format the
> file system every time they reboot, and also that they are unable to make
> changes locally on the phone itself, only via the config files.  If the
> config file is not available when they try to boot the phone, then they
> receive an error about not being able to find the config file and then the
> phone will not boot up.  Has anyone seen anything like this before?

Yes, I've seen this on a number of 500's running very recent versions
of the firmware and bootrom.  It only seems to affect a small number
of the 500's I've worked with, though.  Many of them are fine.  It
hasn't been a big deal for anybody as I always do provisioning through
FTP, and the phones rarely need to be rebooted.

I'm trying desperately to get rid of all the 500's I have out in
service.  Just so many bugs on them.


- Noah