12-04-2007 04:14 PM - edited 03-05-2019 07:49 PM
Hi guys
Please can you assist i am presently trying to recover an 1841 from rommon mode by using xmodem but it keeps giving the following, Will paste in actual text from router
"rommon 12 > xmodem -c c1841-ipbasek9-mz.124-11.XJ4.bin
Do not start the sending program yet...
dir: cannot open device "flash:"
WARNING: All existing data in flash will be lost!
Invoke this application only for disaster recovery.
Do you wish to continue? y/n [n]: y
ERR: Not enough memory to download image
rommon 13 >"
I know what you thinking but when you do meminfo the 128mg dram is there no
problem.
Please can you assist
12-04-2007 04:18 PM
Can you verify (physically) there is a flash card in the router? If there is try the following command "dir". It should list the files in flash. If you continue to get the above error, try replacing the flash card with a known working one. I recently had a bad one and I got a similar error.
HTH
12-04-2007 04:22 PM
Thanks for your prompt response
I have 2 of these routers and I hope that thats not the problem.
Both 1841 have they standard 128dram card in bank0: please look below
-------------------------------------------------
Current Memory configuration is:
Onboard SDRAM: Size = 128 MB : Start Addr = 0x00000000
-----Bank 0 128 MB
-----Bank 1 0 MB
Dimm 0: Not Installed
-------------------------------------------------
Main memory size: 128 MB in 64 bit mode.
Available main memory starts at 0xa0015000, size 130988KB
Smart Init is enabled.
NVRAM size: 191KB
rommon 4
12-04-2007 04:35 PM
That's the DRAM (router memory), not the flash memory (where the IOS image is stored). You will have a compact flash storage area in the front of the router. Check this link for a diagram.
http://cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/access/1800/1841/hardware/installation/guide/18comp.html#wp36391
Specifically look at #4. You can try reseating the card too, maybe it shook loose a bit.
12-04-2007 04:51 PM
Hi Mate
Tried all of the above , have ejected the flash card and swapped them with the other router no joy
12-04-2007 04:52 PM
What happens on the "dir"?
12-04-2007 04:56 PM
What does "dir flash: show ? Post here .
12-05-2007 03:07 AM
Hi guys
Thanks for all your effort takign major strain to get this sorted .
Bascially when you do dir flash:
says can read flash
12-05-2007 06:51 AM
thaqs: Do you get something like the below output when you do a "dir flash" ?
Router#dir flash:
Directory of flash:/
1 -rw- 15195020 May 27 2006 22:07:30 -06:00 c1841-advsecurityk9-mz.123-8.T5.bin
2 -rw- 840 Feb 4 2005 18:35:10 -06:00 vlan.dat
3 -rw- 17538500 May 27 2006 21:56:18 -06:00 c1841-advsecurityk9-mz.124-8.bin
63889408 bytes total (31150080 bytes free)
Router#
12-05-2007 10:41 AM
Hi guys
Here is teh output from teh flash its a mem1800-32cf card
"eadonly ROMMON initialized
rommon 1 > dir flash:
dir: cannot open device "flash:"
rommon 2 >"
it refused to read anything from the flash and i can,t do an upload via console cable as complains below
rommon 1 > xmodem -c c1841-ipbasek9-mz.124-11.XJ4.bin
Do not start the sending program yet...
dir: cannot open device "flash:"
WARNING: All existing data in flash will be lost!
Invoke this application only for disaster recovery.
Do you wish to continue? y/n [n]: y
ERR: Not enough memory to download image
rommon 2 >
12-06-2007 06:22 AM
Do you have a smartnet contract for this device? It might be time for you to call cisco.
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