From: fwells12 (fwells12@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Apr 06 2001 - 01:21:09 GMT-3
Go to CCO and download a piece of software called RSL (Router Software
Loader) it will change that cookie for you.
----- Original Message -----
From: taliv <taliv@insight.rr.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 8:46 PM
Subject: cisco pro fubar
> I would very much appreciate any suggestions on how I might be able to
> recover a 2502. I didnt' realize it was a cpa until after I had loaded a
> normal image onto the flash and configured it to use the new image. (the
> case looks new and is not white, and when I bought it, I wasn't told it
was
> a pro)
>
> As a safety precaution, I didn't delete the old image (but I can't figure
> out the name of it) and I have
>
> boot system flash newimage
> boot system flash oldimage
>
> in the config.
>
> Now, my problem is that the new image actually boots and then hits the
> stupid cookie/license issue and then reboots, so it never attempts the
> oldimage. I'm in an endless booting cycle.
>
> I can break out to rommon mode, but the code there is old, and for some
> reason, I can't figure out how to reset the config register. (it has a
much
> smaller menu than my other 2500s) I can show it, using an O command, but
> cannot seem to change it. I also don't have any of the copy commands in
> rommon.
>
> As far as tftp, I do not have any other token ring devices, so I can't
> access it via the lan and use the RSL or whatever software (the interface
is
> admin down anyways), but I do have another router configured as a tftp
> server connected to s1. If I break at just the right time to rommon mode,
I
> can catch the s1 int in an up down state, but never up up. So I can't get
> tftp to work, even when I set the addr to 255.255.255.255. (and I do have
> the cpa25-upgrade file on the tftp server in case it ever does work)
>
> Anybody have any ideas?
>
> Obviously, figuring out how to change my config register would solve
> everything, as would being able to bring that serial line up up, or even
> booting from a rom image or being able to specify the other image from
> flash. (I looked up the names on cco already and tried every cpa25xxxxx
> image I could find. none of them worked.)
>
> thanks,
> -tom
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