From: Fanglo MA (fangloma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sat Jul 20 2002 - 19:04:47 GMT-3
It is flash compatibility problem, I remember once I had this situation.
Would u have tried replace with other box flash?
Regards,
Fanglo
On 20 Jul 2002, Przemyslaw Karwasiecki wrote:
> I have one hard cookie (c2513) here:
>
> As you can see below, it is booting from IOS Boot image
> from ROM, so flash should be RW.
>
> But is not....
>
> Also, the same flash works perfectly in other c2500 boxes...
>
> There is something I obviously miss here,
> but I have no idea what is this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Przemek
>
> Please see attached boot messages (just after Power On)
>
> Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
> IOS (tm) 3000 Bootstrap Software (IGS-RXBOOT), Version 10.2(8a),
> RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
> Copyright (c) 1986-1995 by cisco Systems, Inc.
> Compiled Tue 24-Oct-95 15:46 by mkamson
> Image text-base: 0x01020000, data-base: 0x00001000
>
> %Error: System flash bank 0 chip 0 unknown, chip id 0x7301
> (reversed = 0xCE80)
>
> %Error: System flash bank 0 chip 1 unknown, chip id 0x101
> (reversed = 0x8080)
>
> %Error: System flash bank 0 chip 2 unknown, chip id 0x101
> (reversed = 0x8080)
>
> %Error: System flash bank 0 chip 3 unknown, chip id 0x101
> (reversed = 0x8080)
>
> %Error: System flash initialization failed
>
> cisco 2500 (68030) processor (revision M) with 14332K/2048K bytes of
> memory.
> Processor board serial number 03074019 with hardware revision 00000000
> X.25 software, Version 2.0, NET2, BFE and GOSIP compliant.
> 1 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface.
> 1 Token Ring/IEEE 802.5 interface.
> 2 Serial network interfaces.
> 32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
> 16384K bytes of System flash (Device not programmable)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>
>
> On Sat, 2002-07-20 at 09:35, kym blair wrote:
> > Malcolm,
> >
> > The 2500 routers run the ios in flash (they do not copy it to dram), so the
> > flash with the running ios is read-only.
> >
> > You need to set the config register to 0x2141, "write erase" (in case you
> > have any bad configuration commands such as "partition flash"), and reload
> > (answer 'no' when you are asked if you want to save your changes before
> > reload).
> >
> > You'll boot off of bootrom rather than flash. Both sticks of flash will be
> > read-write. You shouldn't see a partition, but if you do just enter "no
> > partition flash".
> >
> > You can then install an ip address on your ethernet interface, install a
> > default-gateway if your tftp server is not local, copy your existing ios
> > image to tftp server, erase flash, and copy your new image from tftp into
> > the 16MB flash.
> >
> > Set the config-reg back to 0x2102, reload, and "copy run start". You shoul
d
> > be in business.
> >
> > HTH, Kym
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Malcolm Price" <malcolm@lanbase.com>
> > >Reply-To: "Malcolm Price" <malcolm@lanbase.com>
> > >To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > >Subject: 2500 read only flash
> > >Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 13:02:20 +0100
> > >
> > >Guys,
> > >
> > >I've looked on cisco.com and drawn a blank so far.
> > >
> > >I have a 2514 with two, 8mb flash modules installed. However one of them i
s
> > >set to read-only. Does anyone know how to set it back to read-write..?
> > >
> > >There is probably an obvious way but I can't seem to find it..
> > >
> > >Thanks it's appreciated.
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >Malcolm
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