From: Carlos A. Silva (carlos@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Aug 02 2002 - 19:09:57 GMT-3
oh, yeah...i am aware of that.
the thing is that this happens when i'm running rxboot.
?????
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Asim Khan [mailto:asimmegawatt@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 12:16 PM
> To: Carlos A. Silva; alee@cccis.com; GroupStudy@comcast.net
> Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: how to clear partition flash
>
>
> Some series of routers during startup uncompress the
> IOS into RAM, whereas some other series of routers run
> the IOS from flash. In the later case you can't erase
> the flash while normal bootup of the router.
> You have to change the confregister to 0x2101 to boot
> from RXBOOT mode. From where you load the new IOS or
> erase the flash.
>
> Regards.
>
> Asim Khan
>
>
>
> --- "Carlos A. Silva" <carlos@mnet.com.mx> wrote:
> > i have the same problem, only thing is that when i
> > try to erase the flash,
> > the router spits
> > something like 'flash write-protected in
> > hardware'..anyone seen this?
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> > [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> > > alee@cccis.com
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 1:08 PM
> > > To: GroupStudy@comcast.net
> > > Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > Subject: RE: how to clear partition flash
> > >
> > >
> > > Joe,
> > >
> > > I just made it! I erased the flash, then executed
> > the command "no
> > > partition flash" which made the flash into 16M
> > without partition. Then I
> > > used TFTP to load IOS 12.1 without rebooting the
> > router.
> > >
> > >
> > > Arthur Lee
> > > Senior Network Engineer
> > > CCC Information Services
> > > 312-229-3518
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Joe
> > >
> > > <GroupStudy@comca To:
> > > alee@cccis.com, ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > st.net> cc:
> > >
> > >
> > Subject: RE: how
> > > to clear partition flash
> >
> > > 08/01/2002 02:42
> > >
> > > PM
> > >
> > > Please respond to
> > >
> > > GroupStudy
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I just did this last week believe it or not, but I
> > don't remember exactly
> > > what I did. I think I erased flash first,
> > rebooted into rommon, then
> > > entered the full command 'no partition flash 2 8
> > 8' exactly as in the
> > > config. I think that did it.
> > >
> > > - JOE
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> > [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> > > alee@cccis.com
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 1:15 PM
> > > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > Subject: how to clear partition flash
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > I need your help to clear flash partition. I have
> > one 2514 router with 2
> > > partition. It was pre-configured as "partition
> > flash 2 8 8". So, each
> > > partition has 8M. I tried to un-partition by "no
> > partition flash" and "no
> > > partition flash 2 8 8" with no luck. Does anyone
> > know how to clear the
> > > partitions so I can get 16M of flash in order to
> > load IOS 12.1 version.
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > > Arthur Lee
> > > Senior Network Engineer
> > >
> >
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